Rejected petition Why have an EU Referendum on 23 June 2016 if 3 Judges can overturn the result?

The British people went to the polls on Thursday 23rd June 2016 and voted in a referendum to decide if they wanted to stay in the EU or to leave the EU. The electorate made its decision.

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Date submitted 5 November 2016
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