Posted on 06/07/2016 8:52:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Several Brits living in Germany have said they have had to pay extra to send their ballots in for the EU referendum. Others worry that their votes may now be stuck in the post.
Three British nationals have told The Local that Deutsche Post did not recognize the prepaid postage on mail-in ballots for the so-called Brexit referendum.
The ballots have been marked with an International Business Response Service (IBRS) stamp, which the UK Electoral Commission assured The Local should mean that the sender pays nothing towards the cost of delivery.
But Jon Worth, a Berlin-based blogger, described on Facebook how he went to send his ballot and was told by postal workers that he would have to pay €3.70 or the envelope wouldn’t reach the UK. …
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Wouldn’t British people living in Germany be MORE likely to vote to remain in the EU?
Most likely, it would cost less if they called their local U.K. embassy or consulate who'd most likely be more than happy to forward it with the diplomatic mail.
Not necessarily.
What’s sad is that anti-EU voices within Germany itself are effectively suppressed.
The fascist nanny-state has 10,000 ways of getting what it wants.
I’m in the UK on business this week. The latest polls show the Brexit vote to be slightly in favour of leaving. The MP that are pro EU are beginning to say they’ll ignore or delay implementation of a vote to leave.
Others are saying that even if the UK leaves it will take “decades” to disentangle the UK from the EU. (As if they’d been joined since 1066!)
The stay group has been using what appear to be out and out lies and scare tactics.
A really funny one that backfired was David Cameron saying that a “Yes” to Brexit would cause housing and rental prices to drop by 18%. The support for Brexit went up the next day
I didn't see that - funny. Given London and indeed all the SE housing prices, that's a theme the Brexit folks should grab tight.
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