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British citizens living on the Isle of Man are now eligible to register to vote in the upcoming UK general election.
It's after a law came into effect earlier this year removing a previous time limit.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today (22 May) called an election for Thursday, 4 July.
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Until January 2024 people who left the UK more than 15 years ago lost their right to vote.
However the rule was abolished under the Election Act 2022.
British citizens will now be able to register in the last constituency they were signed up in before leaving the UK.
The change follows a long campaign by World War Two veteran Harry Shindler who moved to Italy around 40 years ago.
Speaking to the BBC, in 2011, he said: "There was a war to bring the vote to the people of Europe. We won the war, but some of the people who took part in the war, me included, are not allowed to vote themselves."
In 2021 he welcomed the news that the UK government was changing the rules, calling it an "important day for freedom".
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