EU citizens have been wrongly told they could not vote in England’s local elections, raising fears about future training of public service officials in relation to European nationals’ post-Brexit rights. The officials at the polling station told him this marked him out as an EU citizen and meant he could not vote. I think many people would have walked away, would have felt ashamed.”Another EU citizen, also voting in Tower Hamlets, had a similar experience. “On their checklist, the letter G was next to my name and I was shown a leaflet which said that G means ‘certain EU citizens cannot vote’. It is probably the last time, that me as a EU citizen in the U.K. gets to vote in the local election.

Source: The Guardian May 03, 2018 19:05 UTC