Rejected petition No to a second referendum being held on British membership of the European Union

The referendum on 23 June 2016 was held by due democratic process and the leave vote won by in excess of 1 million votes. Over 60% of the people who have signed the petition calling for a second referendum do not live in the United Kingdom and do not have a vote here.

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.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/134345

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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