Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Extend the voter registration period for the European Union Referendum
After the government's website crashed late last night, thousands of people were unable to register to vote.
The deadline should, therefore be extended by 24 hours to facilitate the provision of registration - to those who could not do so because of the government failure.
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.
Parliament agreed yesterday to a law which extended the deadline for registration. You can read the debate in the House of Commons here:
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