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5 - 11 FEBRUARY 2015
Let us vote!
WITH the general election in the UK fast approaching, expats are calling on the British Government to abolish a rule that prohibits those who have lived abroad for more
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than 15 years from having their say at election time. Thanks to the UK’s ‘15year rule’, any British expats who moved to Spain before the year 2000 are not entitled to vote in the general election this May. And the Mallorca branch of Conservatives Abroad is calling on the UK Government
to give British citizens a vote for life. “I have a very personal interest in the abolition of the so-called 15-year ruling as I have lived here in Mallorca for 16 years, and as such I am now disenfranchised from voting in the UK general elections,” said Peter Newey, representative of the Mallorca branch. “There are so many issues that British people living overseas are
HARRY SHINDLER: War vet fighting for expats’ right to vote. See Page 10.
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concerned about in the UK, yet can do nothing about these concerns at the one time you can have a voice… election time! The 15-year ruling should be amended to a vote for life.” Today (February 5) is Overseas Voter Registration Day. Expats in Mallorca who are eligible to vote are urged to visit www.gov.uk/registerto-vote. Vote Special Page 10 What do you think about the 15-year rule? Have your say on www.euroweeklynews. com.