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Thereâs an article in The Connexion which talks about this.
Seems that the ruling was originally thought to be in favour of Local & European voting⊠but clarified to ONLY be for European Parliament.
Not much point. In commenting to me as there will be serious opposition to applying this more widely. The French authorities will, I imagine, be content to remain silent and accept that if an individual wants to go to a tribunal to fight for the same right they can do so.
How many people will be as determined as this woman ?
I think I will have a casual chat with Madam Maire, I think voting locally and in European elections makes much more sense than casting a vote for some constituency in the UK which I havenât visited in 30 years
Unless Madame le Maire has influence with a sĂ©nateur she wonât have much of an insight.
Be interested to hear how you get on⊠although, as I said, Local elections are not included in the recent âpermissionâ⊠itâs only for European elections that the lady has won the right to vote. Perhaps your Maire will have heard something on the grapevine⊠???
got to be worth a chat, whatever⊠
I wrote a short while ago but canât remember where, that I had my claim for voting rights for the next 3 years turned down âbecause I hadnât sent the right formâ.
I wrote a stinging email to the council to say that I had sent no less then 3 in different forms and how could this happen?
Some days went by and I received another email saying that my claim had been successful and reminding me that I would have to apply again in 3 years time.
This morning came yet another email re-iterating that my previous request was invalid because I had sent a form in French. I know that I can be a tad confused at times but where the hell would I find a suitable French form to send? So I wrote again saying how strange that I had in my possession a confirmation of my rights.
10 minutes later yet another email apologising that the writer did not realise that I had sent the claim via an online form while she was assuming that it would come attached to an email.
Funny thing is that my memory is that I couldnât complete the online form because some question was beyond my ken, but I havenât told her that as they seem to be, if anything, more confused than I am. 
I await my democratic confirmation. 
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Oh crikey, yet another email, yes, she confirms my right to vote for the next 3 years but says I havenât claimed my postal voting rights. Would I like her to send me a form? Aaargh. 
Youâve obviously got a more switched on council where you used to live, plus officers who actually speak to each other.
I just clicked on the link, IIRC gave confirmation of email/ or wrote email address and confirmed date of birth, last address in the UK, current address and maybe yes / no question or two, confirm and send.
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I think there was something about having to apply for each election just before??
Not what she is inferring, it can be anytime from now to the just before that you mention. The point is that I have already filled in that form, it obviously hasnât done all the rounds of the council as the previous documents did. These people make me tired, I am half intent on telling them to stuff it and resign myself to this wonderful dictatorship in which I live and which, although I do not have a voice, looks after me very well indeed.
I wouldnât be surprised if I ended up with 2 votes, or maybe 4 if they havenât read all the reports about Fran I sent them.
Wonât I be popular with the LibDems, whose equally daft dealings with me suggest that they couldnât run a tap, never mind a country.
When I applied to have my voting rights reinstated I had to wait for the letter/email from the council confirming theyâve registered my right to vote before I could send the application stating whether I wanted a postal or proxy vote.
So itâs 2 forms - the first to complete and send is the one to register to vote, and then after receiving verification that you are now registered, you send the second to confirm how you want to vote - whether you want a postal or proxy vote.
Yes, as I said, I did get the confirmation and then completed the postal application. both were not known by everyone there it seems.
I donât vote in UK elections as I donât plan to return and the younger generationâs vote shouldnât be skewed by mine as Iâd vote for Satan if he promised to drop the state pension age to 60.
It wonât happen, the demographics are wrong.
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I do because partly thanks to Brexit, I have no vote anywhere else, but mainly that is the government that administers my main source of income.
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Similar here. And by voting for the party that wants the UK to rejoin the EU we can influence our own futures.
Yes, of course, how could I forget that? Especially as I first came here to find work, and found it straight away. Something I couldnât do now so easily. Plus immediate settlement, entered into all sorts of systems, health etc., no visas no limits no questions, it was as if I was French. 
Also if Iâd had enough sense to continue after I passed the language test, Iâd really be French by now, but age and ignorance has robbed me of that.
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