Source: British Embassy Banjul |

Opportunity for UK citizens in Gambia to register to vote in the EU Referendum

The Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU is held on 23 June

BANJUL, Gambia, March 3, 2016/APO (African Press Organization)/ --

Many British citizens living in Gambia will be eligible to register to vote in the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union on Thursday 23 June.

To be eligible to register you need to:

have been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years
know your UK National Insurance number
know your British passport number
give your date of birth

The whole registration process can be completed online here. If you do not wish to register online, you can still download and post back paper forms from here. Deadline for registration is 12 working days before the day of the Referendum.

Once you have registered, you can choose how you wish to vote. You can vote by post, by proxy or in person at a polling station in the UK.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of British Embassy Banjul.