Rejected petition Make voting compulsory

Ask parliament to discuss making voting compulsory, similar to the Australian system, to ensure all persons & groups are represented fairly in future votes.

With compulsory voting, a supermajority could be required for issues such as referendums to ensure a true majority agree with the sentiment.

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It took only 37% of the electorate and 27% of the UK population to initiate proceedings for the UK to leave the EU.

The consequences of such proceedings are far reaching, especially given that the vast majority of the UK electorate and population did not vote to leave the EU.

This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129579

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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