Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Fine voters for not voting add a 'none of the' above option to all ballot papers

Following the recent referundum on whether the UK should remain or leave the EU there have been calls for a second referundum

Ensuring that all registered voters must vote, or face a fine, and giving them a 'None of the above' option will ensure that the democratic process is not challengeable

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/129579

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