Citizens living abroad urged to return in bid to swing referendum and repeal termination banUp to 40000 Irish citizens living abroad are being urged to return domestic to cast crucial votes in a historic referendum in May that could overturn the country’s ban on abortion. A campaign,domestic to Vote, is calling on the Irish diaspora in the UK, or Europe,north America and elsewhere to book flights and ferries to Ireland to exercise their democratic suitable.
Three years ago thousands of Irish citizens returned domestic to vote on same-sex marriage legislation, boosting the remarkable two-thirds majority for changing the law. Campaigners now hope to repeat the feat.
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Source: guardian.co.uk