As parliament goes through the process of calling a December election, MPs will also vote on an amendment that would extend the franchise to EU citizens.
Hundreds of thousands of us marched. Millions of us signed the petition to revoke Art50. Tens of millions of us will vote Remain in the EU election. / Remain voters will coordinate the Remain vote ourselves. We will pick a party in every area, get behind their campaign and make our vote count.
EU citizens living in the UK can vote in local elections, but not in general elections. Each referendum has its own eligibility rules, which can exclude EU citizens. Yet these votes are making decisions that are very relevant to EU citizens.
The number of remain parties in the EU elections means there is a clear and present danger that the remain vote will be split, leading to more Brexiteer MEPs being elected. Smart remain voters need to think tactically and focus on the leading remain party in their region.
Every election is determined by those who show up. / No matter how you vote, it’s important that young people turn out in this year’s European Elections. Find out who’s standing in your local area.
The BBC has been contacted by British expats from across the world who say their postal voting forms have arrived late, or not at all.
Campaign groups prepare legal challenge following ‘systemic denial’ of suffrage. / The government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections.
EU citizen votes - Call to investigate claims of EU voters being denied their right to vote (Scottish Government)
24/05/2019
Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell has called for an investigation into reports that EU citizens were unable to vote in the EU Parliament elections.
Brexit has left EU citizens ostracised and anxious – and now it’s even taken away their right to vote
24/05/2019
I never thought “voter suppression” would be a phrase that I'd ever associate with British politics. Unfortunately, the events witnessed on European Election polling day, which left registered European citizens unable to vote, leave me struggling to find the adequate words to describe how much of a mess it was.
Thousands of angry voters posted on Twitter using the #DeniedMyVote hashtag to report they had been turned away from polling stations, despite believing they had registered to take part.
A Brexit Party MEP has tweeted a video of himself trying to use EU Parliament voting machines and appearing to claim that they are rigged. / The video tweeted by Lance Forman, the Brexit Party MEP for London, shows him attempting to press the 'no' button on a voting machine.
Data shows only one in 10 EU citizens able to vote in some parts of Britain. / The government has been accused of “shocking complacency” over the European election voting rights controversy as new data revealed that as few as one in 10 EU citizens were able to cast their vote in some areas of Britain.
Voters described turning up to take part in the European parliamentary elections only to find their name had been crossed out 'in red pen'.
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'Thousands' of British citizens living abroad denied vote in EU elections due to administrative errors
23/05/2019
Thousands of British nationals living abroad have been deprived of their votes in today’s elections due to administrative errors by UK authorities, according to widespread reports.
Want to stop Nigel Farage storming the European elections? Then vote tactically - Gina Miller
09/05/2019
The remain vote may split, but we can still make our votes count and halt the Brexit party in its tracks.
EU citizens living in the UK have told of their anger after they were unable to vote in the European elections.
Minister says Labour proposal to enfranchise 2m EU nationals would be ‘assault on democracy’.
European elections: Hundreds of EU citizens 'turned away from polling stations and denied vote'
23/05/2019
'At the polling station my British husband gets the ballot while I am simply told: "Vote in your own country!"' / Hundreds of EU citizens hoping to cast their ballots in the European elections have reported being turned away from polling stations.
The 12 December election is on a knife edge and tactical voting could stop Boris Johnson keeping the keys to Number 10.
The PM said the Labour leader should reconsider plans to extend the franchise to EU nationals living in the UK if the vote goes ahead.
At least three local councils across England and Wales have admitted that they ran out of time to print and send postal ballots for the European elections to some overseas voters, leaving them effectively disenfranchised.
Let Us Vote: New campaign launched to give everyone living in UK the right to vote in elections
04/04/2019
MPs say existing laws that stop 10 million people voting should 'shame us as a society'.
Dominic Grieve says Brexit must be "defining issue" of snap December general election.