Submitted on Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 21st May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Add a “None of the above” (NOTA) option to all future public votes
Protest votes are cast when voters spoil their ballot or vote for an option that's unlikely to win. For democracy to work, the results of a vote must show exactly how the voters feels. If there are people who can't face voting for any of the available options then the results should show this.
Adding a NOTA option would prevent unpopular candidates and causes claiming to have greater support than they actually do and mean that spoilt ballots can genuinely be treated as voter error. The NOTA option would be a clear, cheap and easy way for the general public to indicate a dissatisfaction with their representation that could otherwise alienate them from their politicians.
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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/237519
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