Parliament to correct error in excluding millions of UK citizens in referendum.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament committed (See: Extend Eu referendum voting rights to all UK citizens living abroad.) to introduce Overseas Electors Bill scrapping time limit on voting by UK citizens overseas. It failed to do so prior to EU referendum despite acknowledgement of its national significance.

Parliament to introduce Overseas Electors Bill immediately & hold second referendum once enacted. Give conditional notice simultaneously to EU(in accordance with first referendum result) of start of withdrawal negotiations. Second referendum to include overseas UK citizens disenfranchised from the 1st referendum covered now by Overseas Voters Act. Introduction of Overseas Electors Bill & second referendum to be planned over appropriate time period & in parallel with the withdrawal negotiations.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions//137601

Timeline

6 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jul 2016

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