This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition All voters need to pass a test to show they understand what they are voting for.
Following the EU referendum it was clear that 1000's of people voted without having any understanding or rationale for why they voted a certain way. Many media sources have shown clips of voters admitting that they did not know why they had voted a certain way. Please see Additional details.
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It should be the responsibility of all voters to research the issues in hand and going forward voters will need to demonstrate they have a brief understanding of the issues they are voting on by completing a short assessment.
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.
It's not clear in what way you want electors' understanding to be tested, the issues which would be examined or what threshold of knowledge and understanding would be required. It's also unclear how you want Parliament or the Government to be involved with this. We cannot accept petitions which do not call for clear and specific action by the UK Government or Parliament.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.