Brits
abroad: get your voice heard!
Register
to vote now,
We
British expats often feel neglected by our home country. We’re proud to be
British, we have strong ties with back home… but we don’t feel our voice is being
heard in government about the issues that affect us.
But
there is a way: register to vote. You can now register on line, so
nothing could be simpler. Do it now, and provided you’re outside the scope of
the 15- year rule, you’ll have a voice in the General Election on 7th May 2015.
Young people can register from the age of 16, but to be able to vote you must
be aged at least 18 on Election Day. Regularly keeping your voter registration
up to date with www.gov.uk/register-to-vote means you’ll also be ready
to vote in any referendum on continuing membership of the EU, if one is called,
again as long as you’re not prevented from voting by the 15-year rule. To
register, all you need is a computer or mobile device with an internet connection,
your passport details (number, issuing authority, date of issue), your National
Insurance (NI) number, your last postal address in the UK and your current address
abroad. The whole process should take less than five minutes. If you haven’t
got your NI number to hand, you can ask the site to find it and send it to you,
or alternatively identify yourself by other means. All this is clearly
explained on the www.gov.uk/register-to-vote website.
If
you’ve lived outside the UK for more than 15 years,
you won’t be able to complete your registration, but do try to register anyway,
in the hope that the website will log failed registration attempts as well as
successful ones.
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