Rejected petition Delay or bring forward the EU Referendum to avoid clashing with EURO 2016

This is a hugely important event for the people of the UK, and we have a record 3 teams from the UK participating. Football is our national sport with thousands of families expected to travel to the tournament in France.

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Though they may be able to arrange a proxy or postal vote, this process is not easy for people that should be given every possible encouragement to vote.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/122388

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Date submitted 25 February 2016
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