I didn't vote at all.
Because I am not eligible, and never will be.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:56, archived)

why not?

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:58, archived)

tiny hands, can't be trusted.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:58, archived)

*looks down*
aww damn :(
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:59, archived)

¬_¬ *looks at your hands all shifty*

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:02, archived)

*sadface*

( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:14, archived)

turns out, woodside is actually a table

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:58, archived)

One of my parents was not a British citizen at the time of my birth.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:00, archived)

ah well.

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:01, archived)

so can you vote in your parent's country?
Seems a bit shit to not have ANY vote, despite living in England (I'm assuming you do?)
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:02, archived)

I do.
And I am a British citizen myself, so at the time I couldn't have registered to vote in Holland either. This was before we joined the EU, so I'm not sure how it works now.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:07, archived)

I SMELL AN IMMIGRANT
GET BACK ON THE BANANA BOAT TO JUMBLY-LUMBLY LAND
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:02, archived)

Shouldn't necessarily matter
my kids are both mongrels and born out of the UK, but they're full British citizens.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:04, archived)

And they've got beautiful, glossy coats.

( RR I love you ... in a way, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:07, archived)

COMING OVER HERE
STEALING OUR RUSKS AND JUICE
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:08, archived)

CHARMING OUR WOMEN, MAKING THEM ALL BROODY.
IT'S JUST WRONG.
( RR I love you ... in a way, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:14, archived)

Erm, I hate to tell you this, but that's not your real father
*points at watermelon with smiley face drawn on it*
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:04, archived)

That's not a bar to voting
it only matters if you are not a British citizen.
( Cactus 1 doesn't care what you think on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:04, archived)

Really?
It sounds like I've been spun a yarn.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:08, archived)

I'm a mongrel too
and I manage to vote.

Seriously, if you are a British citizen you enjoy all the rights of other British citizens.

British subjects are another matter, but I think that was limited to Hong Kong/ Falkland Islands/ Gibraltar and whatever other remnants of Empire still exist.
( Cactus 1 doesn't care what you think on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:12, archived)

So?
My mum isn't a British citizen and even she gets to vote in locals. And I can vote in any UK election. As long as you're a British citizen, I don't think it matters.
(MooCow_Byter, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:05, archived)

Also, I'm not a Dutch citizen
but I voted in the Dutch Euro elections and in local elections here, I vote in the general election in the UK.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:06, archived)

you don't even need to be a british citizen
simply a legal resident.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:28, archived)

So aren't you a British citizen?

( RR I love you ... in a way, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:04, archived)

Yes you can... this is copied from www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
"You can register to vote if you are:

16 or over (but you cannot vote until you are 18)
A UK, Republic of Ireland or qualifying Commonwealth citizen. Qualifying Commonwealth citizens are those who have leave to enter or remain in the UK, or do not require such leave.
A citizen of a European Union country living in the UK
A citizen of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a British Overseas Territory living in the UK"
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:19, archived)

also
A lemur
( The Neville What what what, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)