Petition The general election must be made a public holiday.

This will help increase voter turnout.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

19 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 19 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 10 April 2017
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