Rejected petition "None of the Above" box on General Election Ballot Papers

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In time for the forthcoming general election, a "none of the above" box should be included on ballot papers to allow voters clearly to express their disdain for the candidates and/or their parties without having to resort to voting for "protest parties", nor spoiling their papers.

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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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Please see the below petition:

Petition Title: Abstaining

Created by: Brian Whicher

Closing: 30/03/2015

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Date submitted 8 January 2015
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