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EU citizens denied a right to vote because your Euro Parliament form hasn't been processed -ask for the register to be corrected TODAY so you can vote.
Returning officers can correct the register of voters down to 9 pm tonight!
Deadline is 9 pm on polling day for clerical error corrections to the register- see @ElectoralCommUK advice here: electoralcommission.org.uk/__search/s/red…

The register includes whether an EU citizen has made the separate request to register to vote in the Euro Parl elections
Electoral commission advice to polling station staff is clear - if the form has been received, then the register should be corrected by 9 pm and the voter allowed to vote by 10 pm: electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/…
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May’s next month will raise the threat to UK democracy of political violence & loss of confidence in elections. THREAD. 1/
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UK Minister Karen Bradley was asked "for what reason do the reciprocal voting rights of Irish citizens not cover referendums". The correct answer was "Irish citizens resident in UK DO have voting rights in referendums in UK?

Why did Bradley not say so?

ht @EmmandJDeSouza 1/6
Bradley gave her answer on 47th anniversary of 1972 Northern Ireland referendum*. Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland had right to vote - and in every UK referendum since.

*NI (Border Poll) Order 1973 had same franchise as Parliamtry elections legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/97/p… 2/
UK Gov published position 👇 is that Irish citz have voting rights in referendums in UK gov.uk/elections-in-t…

Representation of People Act 1983, s1 👇means Irish cits can vote in Parliamentary elections

Referendums have always had same franchise. legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/36/… 3/ UK Gov website screenshot. Text says Each referendum has different rules on who can vote in it.
To vote in a referendum you must:
be registered to vote
be 18 or over on the day of the referendum (‘polling day’)
be a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen
be resident at an address in the UK or Gibraltar(or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years)" src="/images/1px.png" data-src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3Z6A_zWAAIl953.png">Text of section 1 of Representation of People Act 1983, including (a)is registered in the register of parliamentary electors for that constituency;
(b)is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart);
(c)is either a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;"" src="/images/1px.png" data-src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3Z6EHhW4AE8zxP.png">
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Simon Cox
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Disappointed to see @iandunt misunderstanding EU rights of free movement of people in his Starmer report 1/9
Free movemt of workers means right of EU cits to go to different EU state and *look* for work.

EU law says no need to:
- have a job offer before they enter
- find a job within 3 months, as long as there is a genuine chance of finding a job
- have a minimum level of resources 2/
So a national law that limits entry to EU citizens who already have a job or job offer is nothing like EU free movement of workers. 3/
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