This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition none of the above
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The addition of a 'none of the above' option to ballot papers at the same time making voting compulsory.
This will ensure that people have an option if they don't wish to vote for any of the candidates. The advantages of this change means that protest votes are now counted and a true representation of the feelings of citizens is obtained.
This petition was rejected
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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