A number of EU Citizens have said they have been stopped from voting in the European elections today because of admin errors.
Immigration and human rights barrister Agata Patyna said she had been turned away from the polling station this morning.
Ms Patyna said she was told to vote in her EU member state - despite living in the UK since 2005.
She said on Twitter : "Turned away from polling station this morning. Told I should vote in my EU member state. Called local council yesterday, they confirmed I could vote. Called again today. Apparently council had no time to send out forms to all EU residents. Nothing they can do now DeniedMyVote."
She added: "To clarify, I registered before the deadline. Have been here since 2005. Voted many times before. This is ‘my’ EU member state."
She is one of a number of EU citizens using the #DeniedMyVote hashtag to detail the problems they have had voting.
Many of the issues have surrounded the declaration form EU citizens must complete if they want to vote in the European Parliamentary elections.
Lukas Hardt commented saying: "I can't vote today because Glasgow City Council say they never received my registration form as an EU national. I posted it well in time, from a letter box in Glasgow. When I called them to enquire, it was too late. So disappointing! EUelections2019 DeniedMyVote."
Vincent Biret had a similar problem with the form.
He tweeted saying: "Registered online as an EU citizen, everything seemed fine, received confirmation email and never anything else. This morning I was asked if I filled the second form I *should* have received and that I never heard of before. "
As did Dr Iris Hofmann who said: "I was denied my vote because of a form I hadn't send back. But I never received that form in the first place."
It follows a complaint lodged earlier this week by EU citizens’ rights group the3million about the Electoral Commission’s handling of this year’s European Parliament Elections.
The3million said they had seen many examples of EU citizens failed by their councils, including giving false advice and sending out the mandatory additional form too late for it to be returned on time.
They called for EU citizens to be able to sign the form on the day of vote.
The Electoral Commission says that they have previously called for the system for EU citizens to register being simplified.
But they said they didn't follow up on their recommendations because the government insisted these elections would not be happening following the referendum result.
An Electoral Commission spokesman said: "After the 2014 elections, Commission staff met Cabinet Office officials, together with representatives from EU citizens’ organisations, to consider options for simplifying the registration process for EU citizens.
"Following the EU referendum, the UK Government was clear that the European Parliamentary elections in 2019 would not take place.
"The Commission did not, therefore, continue to develop its recommendations.
"It is a legal requirement that EU citizens complete a declaration form if they want to vote in the European Parliamentary election in the UK. Any changes to the law are a matter for the UK Government and Parliament.
"We advised EROs that they should identify registered EU citizens and send them a declaration form. Our public awareness campaign encouraged all eligible electors, including EU citizens, to register to vote by the 7 May deadline in order to take part in the elections."
