Rejected petition Respect UK Governt's Pledge of 07/10/2016.Give ALL UK Citizens the vote 08/06/17

07/10/2016: GOV.UK pledged to extend the right to vote in future UK General Elections to include all those UK citizens living abroad 15+ years after excluding them from the 2016 EU Referendum.
It must now respect that pledge to its people & to the world in time for the snap 8 June Election

More details

GOV.UK's 7 October 2016 pledge for democracy and link to PDF Doc. written by the Cabinet Office in October 2016.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-delivers-on-pledge-to-give-back-british-expats-the-right-to-vote

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Date submitted 19 April 2017
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