Hundreds of EU citizens living in Britain were turned away as they attempted to vote in the European elections on Thursday, campaigners say.
Voters reported confusion with the process for participation in the elections, failings by local councils, and names being crossed off voting lists at polling stations. Hours after the polls opened, the hashtag #DeniedMyVote began to trend on Twitter as European nationals began reporting they had been turned away. Campaigners fear the number of EU nationals denied a vote will be in the thousands by the time polls close on Thursday evening.
— Lina Dencik May 23, 2019 Emeline Mimie Morin, a French national who lectures at the University of Stirling in central Scotland, who has lived in the UK for 10 years, said her inability to vote amounted to"disenfranchisement." She had also called a helpline number provided, she said. "The woman on the phone did see me as registered and put me on hold for a while.
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