European elections: Millions of EU citizens fear being turned away from polling booths due to red tape

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Millions of EU citizens are demanding urgent action to stop them being turned away from polling booths at the European elections because of red tape. Local authorities are urged to “make the additional form that EU citizens need to complete in order to declare they are not voting in another EU member state – the UC1 form – available at all polling stations on 23 May”. Nicolas Hatton, the chief executive of the3million group, said the commission was in danger of breaching EU law requiring citizens to be informed “in good time and in an appropriate manner of the conditions and detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote”. “The combined effect of the Electoral Commission’s insufficient guidance and local authorities’ inconsistency effectively undermines equal access to voting rights,” Mr Hatton said.