Petition Allow citizens to instigate legislation by means of initiative followed by referendum

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A Bill supported by 1 million signatures of people on the electoral register should be put to a referendum on the next available election day (usually the first Monday in May), and if it obtains a majority of the votes cast should pass straight on to the Statute Book.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

2 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 2 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 2 November 2012
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