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Increase the success criteria for all future referendums to 60% of the vote

Submitted by Stuart Finnigan on Thursday 5th March 2020

Published on Tuesday 10th March 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 10th September 2020

Signatures: 105

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Brexit ~ Referendum ~ Rule ~ Scottish Independence

Petition Action

Increase the success criteria for all future referendums to 60% of the vote

Petition Details

We request the Government create legislation requiring a majority of 60% in future referendums in order for the referendum results to be implemented.

Additional Information

Referendums can and have been deeply divisive, we therefore request a redefinition of the success criteria for future referendums to exceed the 50+1 rule to 60%.

Examples of divisions created through the 50+1 rule would be the Scottish Independence referendum of 2014 and the "Brexit" referendum of 2016.


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