Rejected petition Urgently request voting rights to be extended to all UK citizens.

The EU referendum was not open to UK citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years. We urge you to give a political voice to UK expats in the case of a second referendum.

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We believe that voting is a fundamental right for any citizen including those resident outside the UK who have retained their British Citizenship.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/159636

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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