Petitions gaining more than 500,000 signatures should force a referendum

Legislation should be enacted to force a referendum if a parliamentary e-petition gains more than 500,000 signatures.

This petition closed on 23 Aug 2023 with 62 signatures

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Reticulating Splines

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The current e-petition system can be ignored by an incumbent government.

True democracy requires the incumbent government to listen to the people and e-petitions are supposed to be a way to do this, but they are too often ignored.

Forcing a referendum for very popular e-petitions would be a way to ensure that the Government cannot ignore e-petitions.


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