What to Know About the U.K.’s Historic ‘Brexit’ Vote

What is happening on Thursday

Citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will vote Thursday on the U.K.'s membership of the European Union. Economists, politicians and people from all over the world forecast that a vote for Britain to leave the E.U., known as 'Brexit' would be catastrophic for Britain and could create economic and political shockwaves that could crash through Europe and onto the U.S. and the rest of the world. Yet, voters of the U.K.