There is still time for UK citizens abroad to vote

WITH the registration deadline of Monday 20 April less than one week away, the UK Electoral Commission has urged UK citizens who are living overseas to register to vote in the UK General Election.

The government website www.gov.uk tell us it is important for any UK citizen overseas that wishes to register for a postal vote to do so as quickly as possible so that they can receive and return their postal ballot packs in good time before polling day.

Estimates show that there could be as many as 5.5 million UK citizens living overseas. Not all will be eligible to register as overseas voters but the most recent figures showed that there were only 15,849 overseas voters on the UK electoral registers.

Alex Robertson, Director of Communications at the Electoral Commission, said: “There is now just a matter of days left until the 20 April deadline, so we’re encouraging UK expats to join the many others who have already registered to vote online.

“It takes just a few minutes at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and is far easier than the old, paper based process. There’s been a great response so far and we don’t want anyone to miss out on having their say on polling day.”

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Monday 20 April.

You can read the original article from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/there-is-still-time-for-uk-citizens-overseas-to-register-to-vote-in-the-general-election