United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership

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The vote will include: British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens over 18 who are resident in the UK, along with UK nationals who have lived overseas for less than 15 years. Members of the House of Lords and Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar will also be eligible, unlike in a general election. Citizens from EU countries - apart from Ireland, Malta and Cyprus - will not get a vote.

In other words:
If your a British citizen and you've lived in Australia for the last 13 years - you can vote.
If your not a British citizen and you've lived in the UK for the last 13 years - you can't vote.

What's so special about Cyprus and Malta?

They're in the "Commonwealth of Nations" - ie They used to be part of the British Empire.

Is that not true of a host of other nations?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=member+states+of+the+commonwealth+of+nations

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This poll seems to suggest the numbers on immigration are roughly the same.

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I think it became pretty clear in the election that a lot of the UKIP vote in England and Wales was a protest, inherited in part from the Lib Dems, but in Scotland there was the SNP don't have the problems of the lib dems, so protest voters could vote for them and not ukip, so that might be a part of it.

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The New York Times brought up a good point by pointing out that voters are expecting Remain to win by a clear plurality, which is reportedly a better indicator than a normal poll of voting intentions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/upshot/telling-sign-many-supporters-of-brexit-expect-defeat.html

A plurality?  Aren't there only two options on the ballot?

Yeah, though some people spoil their ballots by voting for both options or drawing a penis or whatever (0.09% in the scottish independence for example, although I expect it to be a wee bit higher given both campaigns have been even worse than the ones for that referendum) so a plurality is technically possible, but very very unlikely.

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If the people of Scotland wish to leave the UK and Join the EU, then that's their democratic will, after all they voted by over 60% to stay and it's not right to be pulled out if they didn't want to.

Hmm, on the other hand, when you go down that route, it also begs the question of why Mole Valley Local Authority isn't allowed to do the same? Or what would have happened if the Moray Local Authority in Scotland has voted to leave (which it almost did)?

Thinking that Scotland's situation is comparable to the Mole Valley Local Authority (or hell, Lambeth), is precisely the type of thinking that makes so many scots want independence.