Rejected petition Stop using Primary Schools as polling stations.

On 5 May 2016 the local school was used as a polling station. In this small community 15 people turned up to vote versus 74 pupils missing school.

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Since 2010 local and general elections have meant that 2 school weeks have been lost at a time when parents are being fined for taking their children out of school. We petition a debate to change voting to postal, online or Saturday options or simply find an alternative venue to closing schools.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125011

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Date submitted 22 June 2016
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