Submitted on Monday 27th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal not to vote in a general election, local election and referendum
Democracy is about finding the will of all people as fairly as possible. Making voting a requirement or duty to all registered would increase political engagement and hopefully leave nobody behind when policy-making. Ambivalence can be expressed with a spoiled vote. Abstention punishable by fine
The current system allows for those in public office to write their manifestos to appeal only to more politically engaged demographics and ignore subpopulations who statistically vote less. Mandatory voting would encourage engagement, increase turnout and enable our government to better understand the will of all citizens they govern rather than only those that vote currently.
Additionally, this still allows a person to use their vote in protest, as spoiled and blank ballots could be posted.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/140002
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