Rejected petition We demand a general election this year!

Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011, an election may be held early in only three cases and one of them is if The House of Commons, by a two-thirds majority, votes to hold an early election.

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The House of Commons must have a vote on whether to hold a general election early and they must vote in accordance to what we the people demand which is for there to be a general election this year.

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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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133551

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Date submitted 11 July 2016
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