This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition During elections there should be an option for ‘None of the above’.
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The public should be given the option to vote but not for any of the candidates. If ‘None of the above’ receives more votes than any of the other candidates, then the parties must field alternative candidates and the vote re-run.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/237519
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