EU citizens in UK complain of being denied right to vote

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

A nationwide picture is emerging of EU citizens in the UK being denied their democratic right to vote in the European parliament elections because of administrative errors by local councils.

Reports are coming in from across the country of EU nationals turning up at polling booths and finding their names crossed out and being told by officials they are not eligible to vote.

Dozens have contacted the Guardian to say that the forms they had to sign to declare they were choosing to vote in this country had either turned up too late or not turned up at all.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/23/eu-citizens-denied-vote-european-election-polling-booths-admin-errors

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If there's any other way the UK can screw up Brexit, please let me know...

[turbinetree]

1. Sounds like Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, ..............................etc.....................

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I think this probably is just incompetence and a tight deadline

Sorting out where citizens of one EU country, who currently live in another, vote in EU-wide elections (they have the right to vote in either country, but not both at once) is always going to be a bit of a palaver, and with the confirmation that the UK wasn't leaving before the election only coming late, it's easy for (non-political) local council employees to get it wrong, or just do it too late.

[ArizonaLib]

3. Want to know how they can screw up Brexit more?

Hire Trump to manage any aspect of it. Then have him handle the cover ups.

[zanana1]

4. The UK needs to stay sane.

We need someone to look up to!