Brexit

[Lockhouse]

Nope i can confirm I could register to vote as soon as i came to the country and had a place to live.

Not for the referendum if you're not a British citizen, and from the sounds of it you're not.

[diseasex]

Not for the referendum if you're not a British citizen, and from the sounds of it you're not.

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[Lockhouse]

You cannot vote in the EU Referendum if you are not basically a British Citizen. If you come from the EU you can vote in council elections only, not General elections and certainly not the referendum. You are mistaken.

[jamesbrown]

Nope i can confirm I could register to vote as soon as i came to the country and had a place to live.

You're wrong. The franchise is quite clear. Read about it here.

[diseasex]

You're wrong. The franchise is quite clear. Read about it here.

I'm confused now.

[jamesbrown]

I'm confused now.

No need to be. The Referendum Act dictates the franchise for the EU referendum. Unless you're a British, Irish or Commonwealth Citizen (in essence), you cannot vote in the EU referendum. As Lockhouse indicated, you're perfectly entitled to vote in local council elections, but you also couldn't vote in a UK Parliamentary election. This is pretty standard throughout Europe. For example, you should be able to vote in parliamentary elections in your own country, but not local elections, where the franchise is typically based on residence.

[fullyautomatix]

What Mr Pole is saying is that you can falsely register as a British citizen on the electoral register. That is true. Nobody asks for your passport.

[jamesbrown]

What Mr Pole is saying is that you can falsely register as a British citizen on the electoral register. That is true. Nobody asks for your passport.

Providing false information is a (serious) criminal offense (up to 6 months in prison and an unlimited fine IIRC).

[jamesbrown]

What Mr Pole is saying is that you can falsely register as a British citizen on the electoral register. That is true. Nobody asks for your passport.

ps. I think it's more likely that they provided the correct information, but are only eligible to vote in local council elections. In other words, if they attempted to vote in the EU referendum, they'd be turned away, because they wouldn't be on the list of franchised voters.

[VectraMan]

It should be everybody directly affected, which is everyone living here long term (and probably not the loyal Scots in Germany). No taxation without representation!