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Make all referendums require 60% of the vote to effect a change

Submitted on Thursday 16th November 2017

Published on Thursday 23rd November 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 23rd May 2018

Signatures: 34

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Individuals ~ UK

Petition Action

Make all referendums require 60% of the vote to effect a change

Petition Details

We vote for M.P.s to make decisions on our behalf. They have the time to research and debate issues appropriately. When major decisions are handed over to the population, there is a significant risk of voting being based on emotional or personal rather than objective reasons.

Additional Information

There is (as seems to have been the case in the USA and the UK recently) much greater risk of external agencies inappropriately influencing the vote. And those agencies\individuals who have greater financial resources (and probably lobbying interests) can also unfairly influence the voting patterns.
A 60% majority would to some extent indicate a genuine ground swell of opinion towards the change.


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