Only British Scottish residents & expats should vote in independence referendum.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Once UK left EU, EU citizens living in Scotland should not qualify to vote in Scottish independence referendum, unlike in 2014.

In readiness, the electoral roll office should identify Scottish expats - i.e. British citizens born in Scotland but currently not living in Scotland.

Once UK left EU, EU citizens (as well as Commonwealth, Irish citizens) living in Scotland should not qualify to vote in independence referendum, unlike in 2014.

Scottish residents that was able to vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum included current Scottish residents who were: British citizens, commonwealth students & workers, Irish citizen, EU citizens living Scotland at the time.

UK constitutional issues should only be decided by British Citizens by 60% majority vote.

Why it was rejected

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

We think that this petition is very similar to yours:
In the next Scottish independence referendum Scots ex-pats must be given a vote.

Timeline

18 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
29 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Mar 2017

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