{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/74299.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":74299,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to add \"None of the above\" option for all future elections and referendums","background":null,"additional_details":"We request that, in future elections and referendums, an option is included on the ballot paper to select \"None of the above\". This would allow the electorate to express dissatisfaction with all the choices offered (or even the whole process, as possibly in the case of the imposition of Police and Crime  Commissioners) without the political establishment being able to to interpret abstention as voter apathy. In the long term, this should motivate greater self-examination and democratic responsiveness from political parties.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2015-01-28T11:50:24.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:30:30.569Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:46:00.018Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-28T11:50:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"Please see the below petition:\r\n\r\nPetition Title: Abstaining\r\n\r\nCreated by: Brian Whicher\r\n\r\nClosing: 30/03/2015"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}