Rejected petition Validation of e-petitions

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Given that the stated objective of e-petitions is to potentially have a debate in the House of Commons upon the attainment of 100,000 supporters a basic requisite should be that the petition should not be held to ridicule on the basis of incorrect usage of English.All e-petitions that contain spelling mistakes should be immediately invalidated.

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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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Date submitted 24 August 2011
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