Petition At least 40% of those eligible to vote in a referendum must support change.

The Trade Union Act 2016 requires that at least 40% of those eligible to vote must back action for strikes in core public services. This is to limit disruption caused by an unrepresentative result. The same logic and rules should apply to a referendum, especially on important constitutional areas.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

22 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 22 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 13 January 2017
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