Rejected petition Stop A50. First hold a CORRECT binding referendum: 2/3 majority + full franchise

Parliamentary Briefing Paper 07212, circulated to MPs, states that “major constitutional change is something more important than the result of ordinary elections, and therefore should be the outcome of something more than a simple plurality of the votes”. A “special majority” is required (p. 26).

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure what you mean by a "full franchise". You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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

Date submitted 3 March 2017
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