[thih9]

Voting in the UK has its own flavor. Somewhat related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tobin_(astronomer)

> In the 2019 United Kingdom general election he stood as an independent candidate against Boris Johnson in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. As he had not resided in Britain for more than 15 years he was ineligible to vote but eligible to stand as a candidate. He focused his campaign on voting rights using the slogan "Don't vote for Tobin, let Tobin vote". He gained five votes.

[drcongo]

And somewhat related to that, astronomer Patrick Moore used to be the chair of a far-right anti-immigration party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Country_Party_(United_K...

[masfuerte]

He got his wish. The tories removed the 15 year limit in 2022.

eta: I just noticed that he died on 7th July 2022. The law came into effect on 28th April 2022 but he never got a chance to use it.