Tag Archives: UKvoting

Brexit High Court hearing in legal action over expats exclusion

Posted on 08/04/2016 by Grahame Pigney

7 April 2016 Brexit High Court hearing in legal action over expats exclusion The High Court has agreed to hear arguments in the legal challenge against the UK Government over its decision to exclude up to 2 million British people … Continue reading →

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Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Voting

Posted on 24/02/2016 by Grahame Pigney

Very important news from Brian Cave, a long term promoter of the Votes for Life campaign, via David Rosemont, a member of one of the SY2E aliance’s groups: Friends, I have just received the following information from a private contact. … Continue reading →

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Shout for Democracy

Posted on 01/02/2016 by Grahame Pigney

Parliamentary petition to Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum Posted on Facebook by Lyn Pigney:- If you, like me and my family, all UK Citizens then as now, have decided to move across La Manche to live, I think … Continue reading →

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Democracy – whichever way you vote

Posted on 28/11/2015 by Grahame Pigney

Parliamentary petition to Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum Britons will shortly be voting to say whether Britain should remain a member of the EU. Well, a lot of them will. The ones resident in the UK (perhaps even … Continue reading →

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Votes for Life – Petitioning Parliament to remove 15yr limit on Democracy for UK Citizens

Posted on 30/10/2015 by Grahame Pigney

Petitioning Parliament – Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum It is estimated that of the 5 million UK citizens of voting age who live outside the UK, 1 million are disenfranchised by the current 15 year limit on … Continue reading →

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Impact of Brexit good reason to vote?

Posted on 17/03/2015 by Grahame Pigney

Originally posted on Votes for Expat Brits blog:
From the standpoint of repealing the 15-year-rule for expats, the impact of a Brexit should provide a clear example (certainly for those resident within the EU) of the importance of British citizens not already excluded by this rule to make sure that they…

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Disenfranchisement

Posted on 13/12/2014 by Grahame Pigney

Geoffrey Clinton-Brown introduced a private members bill to abolish the 15 year limit Overseas Voting on 3rd December 2014. The second reading of the bill will be on 6th March 2015 although to be succesful it will need cross-party support. Similar amendments to … Continue reading →

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House of Commons – Library Standard Note SN/PC/05923 – Overseas Voting

Posted on 10/12/2014 by Grahame Pigney

Interesting information not only about the current right to vote for overseas citizens but also the history of that right to vote. The House of Commons Library note is here Overseas Voters – ParliamentUK Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open … Continue reading →

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Disenfranchisement: Commission acts to defend voting rights of EU citizens abroad

Posted on 10/12/2014 by Grahame Pigney

“The right to vote is one of the fundamental political rights of citizenship. It is part of the very fabric of democracy. Depriving citizens of their right to vote once they move to another EU country is effectively tantamount to … Continue reading →

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