Eligibility to Vote

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 10 July 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:55, 10 July 2018

I think that's very difficult. There are two ways in which you can establish someone's right to vote. One is residence, obviously; the other is citizenship. We don't have Welsh citizenship. There are some in the Chamber, I know, who would seek to promote that, but, in the absence of Welsh citizenship, residence is the only way of doing it. The question then is: how far back do you go? What if someone lives in Wales for a week or two? Does that mean they're eligible? I think there are lots of difficulties there that would need to be resolved in order for a change in the law to be workable.