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Move voting day to a Sunday

Submitted on Monday 7th May 2012

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Move voting day to a Sunday

Additional Information

We call upon Government to move election day from a Thursday to a Sunday.

Poor turn outs are not just about voter apathy. Elections on a weekday are difficult for families that work and for people who work shifts. Moving the day to a Sunday would more suitable for modern workers and for people who have children. Where workers have children the pressures at the end of the working day are doubly difficult.

Election on a Sunday in France have seen to be far more inclusive of opinion due to the much higher turnout. This is good for democracy.


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This petition was rejected

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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