This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Give overseas British citizens the right to vote for life.
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In the 2016 referendum 700,000 British expats were denied the vote. As it affects them directly, many would have voted to remain. Sign this petition for British citizens all over the world to be allowed to vote for life.
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.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/252711
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