Rejected petition: Stop the cancelling of elections unless a national emergency.
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Protect democracy by ensuring all local elections are held at the allotted time, with the exception of a national emergency.
Recent council elections being delayed for years, at the choice of elected officials is affront to democracy.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Do not postpone the local elections
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710155We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.