Rejected petition Consider stricter guidelines for postal votes in local elections

Fraudulent postal votes have been a cause for concern and have a significant effect on a fair and legal election process.

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Postal votes where first introduced with the view of making voting more convenient the process of postal voting is being abused. False and duplicate postal votes aid a common accurance making the election results unfair and illegal.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114551

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Date submitted 11 March 2016
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