Rejected petition To stop postal vote fraud in the uk referendum

Postal voting fraud has become “easy” because of “extremely lax rules”, the electoral commissioner has said amid concerns that the practice is widespread.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition as it does not call for a clear action from the UK Government and Parliament. You might be interested in signing the following petition on abandoning postal voting https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114700

Or you could start a petition suggesting ways to reduce fraud in postal voting.

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Date submitted 25 February 2016
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