Submitted on Tuesday 30th April 2019
Rejected on Friday 24th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop using SEN (special educational needs) schools as a polling station
A lot of SEN children require routine and struggle with the normal school breaks. Closing schools to use as a polling station can cause these children unnecessary anxiety and stress. They need the stability of school more than mainstream school children. Closing for one day has a huge impact on them
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It's local authorities' responsibility to decide where to locate polling stations. You could raise this issue with local councillors who represent you:
www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors
You could start a new petition calling for a ban on local authorities using SEN schools as polling stations.
You might like to sign this petition, which calls for a ban on local authorities using any school as a polling station:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244383
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