Voting rights
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Voting rights
How come EU citizens still have the right to vote in local elections post Brexit?
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Re: Voting rights
Commonwealth citizens who are living here (e.g. with a work permit or spousal visa) can also vote in local government elections. It's not so unusual.
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Re: Voting rights
I know they can but it surprised me that Euro people can too stillbob sterman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:45 pmCommonwealth citizens who are living here (e.g. with a work permit or spousal visa) can also vote in local government elections. It's not so unusual.
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Re: Voting rights
Only those resident before 1 January 2021 and not covered by a bilateral agreement can vote.
I’m not sure about the rationale for the cutoff prior to Brexit. I assume it’s due to a combination of not want to remove certain rights from people (yes, I know they did that in other ways) and the difficulty in revising the electoral rolls (for example it’s complicated because a lot of people who joined as an EU citizen will be entitled to get UK citizenship by naturalisation).
Re: Voting rights
Commonwealth citizens with residence can vote in general elections. Pre-Brexit, a Belgian friend of mine used to complain it seemed odd his Singaporean wife could vote in general elections when he couldn't.bob sterman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:45 pmCommonwealth citizens who are living here (e.g. with a work permit or spousal visa) can also vote in local government elections. It's not so unusual.