UK Groups Campaign for Overseas Constituencies 

Tom Brake

A summer campaign has been launched to promote the merits of overseas constituencies for UK citizens living abroad. Over the summer, UK MPs will be receiving postcards from all around the world with messages such as: “I love living and working here and may want to retire here, but I still have very close ties…

Shortcomings in UK Voting System

Ruvi Ziegler

A survey has uncovered alleged shortcomings in the UK’s voting system. Britons who live overseas were surveyed about their experience in receiving voting ballots in order to participate in last year’s UK general election. The aim was to see how well, or otherwise, the postal vote system performed for Britons living and working abroad. The…

Do Postal Votes Work?

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Campaign groups New Europeans UK and Unlock Democracy have teamed up with the British Overseas Voters Forum for an investigation into how well the postal system will perform for Britons abroad voting in the UK General Election on 4 July. It comes after the head of the British Overseas Voters Forum, Bruce…