Submitted on Saturday 15th October 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 18th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce a mechanism to allow UK citizens to call a general election
General elections occur every 5 years and can only take place earlier at the behest of the incumbent Prime Minister. If there is significant dissatisfaction with the actions of Government, UK Citizens have few options, other than disruptive civil disobedience, to make their voices heard.
Introducing a new mechanism that would allow UK citizens to trigger a general election would make the UK Government significantly more accountable to the electorate, at all times during its tenure, and reduce civil unrest.
The mechanism could include, initially, a petition for a General Election referendum hitting a pre-determined number of signatures on this site, (perhaps 2-4 million) with the referendum itself requiring a significant majority of people (70/30 or 80/20) voting in favour.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We believe your ask is already covered by two petitions we currently have open:
Change the law so that UK citizens can call a General election
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618068
Introduce a mechanism for the public to call a 'No Confidence Referendum'
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624332
We also have the following petitions open on a similar topic:
Impose new requirements on replacing the Prime Minister and subsequent election
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623200
Require a referendum on whether to hold an early general election if PM changes
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623922
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