This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Postal vote to be restricted to housebound disabled, military & students abroad
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The practice of allowing postal voting on a widescale basis opens up the possibility of electoral fraud whereby people are able to vote for others with or without their consent.
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/258370
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