jgharston Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 They used the same rule during the Scottish referendum didn't they? Yes they did. If you could vote in the Scottish Parliamentary elections you could vote in the Scottish referendum. If you can vote in the UK Parliamentary election you can vote in the UK referendum. If you can vote in a council election you can vote in that council's elected mayor referendum. In general, if you can vote in <body X> elections you can vote in <body X> referendums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 in the Scottish referendum, all EU citizen Scottish residents could vote - not just the ones from the Commonwealth countries that are also in the EU like Ireland and Malta. So the resident Latvian girl working in the Sainsbury's in North Berwick was able to vote, whereas a Scottish person born and bred but living just over the border, could not. the only people who can vote in this year's EU referendum, but who could not vote in last year's General Election are Commonwealth citizens like Irish, Maltese, Australians, or Cypriots resident in Gibraltar. They could not vote last year. But they can vote this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Yes they did. If you could vote in the Scottish Parliamentary elections you could vote in the Scottish referendum. If you can vote in the UK Parliamentary election you can vote in the UK referendum. If you can vote in a council election you can vote in that council's elected mayor referendum. In general, if you can vote in <body X> elections you can vote in <body X> referendums. The rule which geared mentioned and to which you are replying was about allowing expatriate Scots ("Scots not in Scotland") to vote in the independence referendum or not. So whilst your generalisation is correct, it fails to differentiate between expatriate Scots that are still (somehow) registered on a Scottish electoral register (wherein such expatriate could indeed vote in the independence referendum if they either came home to vote or voted by post or by proxy), and expatriate Scots who are not anymore (who could not vote at all). Thus Scots outside Scotland (expatriated since any length of time, including within the UK but outside Scotland) were not allowed to vote in the independence referendum; but Brits outside the UK (expatriated for less than 15 years) are allowed to vote in the EU referendum Edited May 26, 2016 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Salmond badly wanted Scottish expats to be able vote in the 2014 referendum like they can in UK General Elections for up to 15 years but Cameron wasn't having it. Salmond had to be content with the wording of the referendum question meaning that the LEAVE side had the word YES rather than NO to campaign with, the lowering the voting age from 18 to 16, and also the date of the poll being so soon after Scotland hosted the Commonwealth Games. Each of those three things, benefited the YES (LEAVE) side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Indeed it is, but Ireland (the Republic) hasn't been a part of the UK for a century Check your chronology! I make it only 94yrs so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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