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The guillotine: Brexit ends election roles for expat Britons

by Associated Press
| January 30, 2020 12:35 AM

SAINT-MARTIAL-SUR-ISOP, France (AP) — For many Britons living in towns and villages across Europe, the stroke of midnight Friday will mean losing the right to vote and run for office, with Brexit acting as an electoral guillotine on those privileges.

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