Rejected petition: Allow the people to directly call a general election.
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Create a new constitutional mechanism that could allow the people to directly call a general election.
This would apply in scenarios where the vast majority have lost faith in the Government.
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 this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734311
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.