Rejected petition Binding referendums must be supported by 2/3 of voters or 1/2 the electorate

The PM is afraid that a referendum for Scotland would show a slight majority for independence. By making referendums binding as proposed the PM will avoid the break-up of the Union (unless it gets the 2/3rds or the 1/2) but can still allow a new referendum.

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Brexit was triggered by only 1/3 of the UK voting population. This should not have been binding (in fact it was 'advisory' but somehow got enacted nevertheless) . For referendums to be binding there should be a significant majority - either 2/3rds of those who actually vote or more than half of the total electorate.

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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Legislate for a 60% threshold as the success criteria for all future referendums: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585406

Allow a second referendum on Scottish Independence with specific qualifications: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585407

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Date submitted 10 May 2021
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