Rejected petition Ban political parties using e-petitions for political gain

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There is talk of political parties using the e-petitions system to try and bring in legislation.

Legislation should be about the will of the people and any mention of e-petitions should be banned from political party literature as this would give a proposal an unfair advantage over that of a private individual/group without funds to send out leaflets and put up posters for their petition.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 31 August 2011
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