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EU deplores UK 'voting obstacles' in May European elections
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The EU Commission has complained to the UK government over obstacles that prevented many EU citizens from voting in the UK in the European elections.
There was much anger among UK-resident voters from other member states, who found they could not vote on 23 May.
In a letter to the UK Cabinet Office, seen by the BBC, an EU commissioner said those voters faced "a number of obstacles to participation".
The UK government says it "took all the legal steps necessary" before the vote.
EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said in her letter of 21 June that the UK had "the obligation to respect the right to vote of EU citizens and to take the measures necessary to ensure such voting rights can be effectively exercised".
She said that in the 2014 European elections "the same problems were encountered by Union citizens" wishing to vote in the UK. Moreover, she said, the UK had pledged to remedy those issues before the May 2019 elections.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48744647
Slimy Brits. What a gutless Conservative government.
