Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Require future referendums to have a supermajority
Referendums that are close to 50/50 leave half the population extremely dissatisfied with the result and could easily swing the other way. Requiring a supermajority for a constitutional change indicates a much clearer decision by the population.
A supermajority can be as low as 55%, such as in the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006. Other values used are 60%, 66% and can even be as high as 75%.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what supermajority you would like to be required for future referendum. We already have a petition calling for a 60% majority to be required:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/138455
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