Rejected petition Rerun the EU referendum allowing all UK resident EU citizens a vote.

Resident non-British EU citizens were denied a vote in the 2016 EU referendum whereas resident Commonwealth citizens were able to vote. I have a friend who is French and has lived in Edinburgh for over 20 years and was not allowed to vote. This smacks of gerrymandering.

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Resident non-British EU citizens were allowed to vote in the 2014 Scottish referendum so there is a precedent.
The narrow margin for leaving the EU was such that allowing all resident EU citizens to vote could have affected the result.
Either a rerun of the EU referendum, or an additional poll of non-British EU residents which would be added to the existing referendum result is requested.

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Date submitted 27 January 2017
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