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May 23, 2019, 5 tweets

Really upset by the torrent of reports of EU citizens resident here and UK citizens resident abroad being denied their votes. It was so foreseeable and so often foreseen. How can we decently pretend ourselves a democracy?

The @GoodLawProject will ask, and will pay for, urgent legal advice, which we will publish, on what can be done to challenge the outcomes in light of these reports.

So many horror stories. But I have been sent a letter to a UK academic working in Paris. The letter - written to him at his address in Paris, France - tells him his application for a postal vote has been allowed and his ballot paper will be sent to Paris in the Gabon.

Adding #deniedmyvote for search purposes.

On 1 May 2019 a cross-party group of MPs signed an Early Day Motion calling for measures that would have avoided some or many of the problems that have arisen today.

Such a pity they were ignored. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

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