tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post8691567957574634236..comments2023-07-05T12:35:51.011+01:00Comments on Bad Reason: Are Bradford Metropolitan District Council (and others) Denying the Vote to their EU Residents?Dr Michael Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18208273325282474983noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-61767652573898442014-05-27T21:17:25.873+01:002014-05-27T21:17:25.873+01:00My German wife was always allowed to vote in Local...My German wife was always allowed to vote in Local and EU elections in the UK with no problem.She filled in the extra form sent by Cornwall County Council and there was never a problem.Same for me in Germany.I had no problem voting Sunday in the EU elections or in the Local & Regional elections a few months back Myke Rosenthal-Englishhttp://seelosinfuessen.eucharisticrenewal.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-9067510615190492692014-05-27T16:23:28.551+01:002014-05-27T16:23:28.551+01:00I lived in a shared house by the end of Feb. My ex...I lived in a shared house by the end of Feb. My ex house mates gave me a card to vote and 22nd of May I didn't have any problem voting, and I didn't even have to fill in a second paper.. <br />We received a electoral form last year, II think my name was already printed on the form) I don't know who sent it back, but I didn't fill in any other form. That's weird.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226794050339397267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-79747876562512239432014-05-26T10:34:53.439+01:002014-05-26T10:34:53.439+01:00Please join and encourage others to join so that w...Please join and encourage others to join so that we can discuss action across the country! https://www.facebook.com/groups/DeniedEUvote/mapgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641308589616545635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-80402591865940142872014-05-26T08:25:27.195+01:002014-05-26T08:25:27.195+01:00:-):-)Dr Michael Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208273325282474983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-65338868866343045502014-05-25T18:31:18.092+01:002014-05-25T18:31:18.092+01:00Nicely written and summarized by M. Ward. I live ...Nicely written and summarized by M. Ward. I live in "merica where we can vote as long as we are not of a distinctly different coloration in the required photo id or fail a number of other requirements mostly having to do with not working on Tuesdays which generally are the election days. I hope M. Ward and wife get this straightened out. It is clearly a matter of bureaucracy of which M. Ward is a veteran victim having once <br />moved a chair in the former East Berlin from its proper place so that he and four other mates could sit together at a table. Oh no you don't, says the proprietor, the rules don't allow the movement of chairs from their proper place, and upon appeal to the proper authorities, this same rebellious M. Ward learned in a letter now framed on a wall in his home that those to whom he had appealed do not make the rules; they just have to administer them. Nice to know that there is a continuity of responsibility across the Anglo German world as indeed there appears to be everywhere. Here in 'merica the rules are more general and more understandable. Be rich and white or stay home on voting day or increasingly join the over fifty percent who just don't give a damn and like insightful people in all oligarchies just shuffle on home and don't make trouble.Duncan Smith Smollet loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180895985217659087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-73678244161386197222014-05-24T17:46:24.568+01:002014-05-24T17:46:24.568+01:00I'm a Brit based in Germany and voting the EU ...I'm a Brit based in Germany and voting the EU elections is a lot less problematic over here. I'm sorry that this has happened to your wife, looking online it appears she isn't the only EU citizen wanting to vote in the Uk to be told this. I hope you're right about it just being a cock-up or a misunderstanding because the alternative is much scarier. Neenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11630454022371005782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-62467787365934771402014-05-24T15:14:26.890+01:002014-05-24T15:14:26.890+01:00I saw your comment on the Independent. The same ha...I saw your comment on the Independent. The same happened to me. I have emailed my complaint to my council. I shall wait for a reply from them... <br /><br />http://megapi.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-eu-vote-disenfranchisement.htmlmapgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641308589616545635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-4818816712403605832014-05-24T09:17:01.575+01:002014-05-24T09:17:01.575+01:00It's not the EU nonsense we need to be rid of ...It's not the EU nonsense we need to be rid of - but the "Little Englander" UKIP nonsense !RPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688770298628752950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-87308880058193357072014-05-24T08:50:41.253+01:002014-05-24T08:50:41.253+01:00As a Spaniard married to a Brit and 35 years in th...As a Spaniard married to a Brit and 35 years in the UK, I've voted in the local and European elections for a long time. Fed up of not being able to vote in the general elections of the country I live in, I finally bit the bullet and acquired British citizenship. It cost me about £900 to acquire the right to representation in the country of taxation.<br /><br />I made sure my records were "updated" at the Register as soon as possible despite advice "to wait till you receive your card".<br /><br />So, this time and for the first time, I was voting as a Brit.<br /><br />But Sod's Law intervened and as we were going to be abroad on the day, my husband and I opted for proxy voting. Both forms were sent together, first class (to cover a distance of 500 yards, from PO to Town Hall).<br /><br />Our proxy in the same borough (Waltham Forest) never received our cards. She phoned repeatedly and was told to wait and wait (" it's a waiting game"). Finally someone "checked" and told her everything was fine and to just take her ID to our polling station to identify herself.<br /><br />Needless to say we were disenfranchised. And that is two Brits... with an Italian proxy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-91533468450449545272014-05-24T07:59:41.850+01:002014-05-24T07:59:41.850+01:00And they would also get rid of your right to paid ...And they would also get rid of your right to paid holidays and various human rights, among them the right to be anonymously racist on a website. But go on, vote for them, you poor little lamb. That's exactly what they want, so they can screw you.Anna Feruglio Dal Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231371371625331922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-72184120498550161712014-05-23T13:24:11.429+01:002014-05-23T13:24:11.429+01:00I used to live in Germany and voted in EU election...I used to live in Germany and voted in EU elections over there, I'm sure it's the same over here. It says you can here although it doesn't give any detail. https://www.gov.uk/what-elections-you-can-vote-inTonyhttp://twitter.com/CaptiveRecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092752484604128683.post-23684671272443379662014-05-23T09:54:34.056+01:002014-05-23T09:54:34.056+01:00If only there were a party that would get rid of a...If only there were a party that would get rid of all this EU nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com