Rejected petition Allow UK Citizens to Vote in EU Referendums, regardless of UK Residency status.

In the recent EU Referendum, many UK Citizens, resident overseas, were unable to vote, as they had not been a UK Resident in the past 15 years. Many UK Citizens, could be adversely effected by future decisions made by the UK Government, denying them EU rights such as, Residency, health benefits etc.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government has said that it does have plans to change this rule. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing.

You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 June 2016
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