This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Give votes urgently to 2 million Brits excluded from the referendum and election
Perhaps 2 million British Citizens, many living in the EU, were barred from voting in the recent referendum and election.
Two Tory-Party manifestos promised them 'Votes for Life'.
Enfranchise the 2 million immediately so that all future voting may be more fairly representative.
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What does being British mean if you can’t vote?
Petition https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/166615 called for votes for 5½ million people barred from the Brexit referendum. Since the 3 excluded groups did not all receive support, the petition is relaunched as 3 separate ones. The issue is urgent because with an unstable Government a new election or referendum may occur at any moment.
Numbers come from 2014-15 ONS and UN data. For details visit http://bit.ly/2cn7hrO
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Why was this petition rejected?
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If you'd like all British citizens living abroad to be able to vote in general elections and referendums, you may wish to sign this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200005
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