This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Restrict the use of postal voting to prevent fraud.
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Recent criminal prosecutions for postal voting fraud prove that democracy is under threat. It is far too easy to abuse the postal voting system. It needs to be reformed, its use should be restricted to the following:
Pensioners
The registered disabled
Those who are abroad or hospitalised
Three jailed over rigged election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7335364.stm
Scrap 'on demand' postal voting to curb fraud, says judge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26520836
Why was this petition rejected?
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258370
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