Submitted on Wednesday 7th February 2024
Rejected on Friday 16th February 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Include 'None of the above' as a valid choice at end of UK voting ballot papers
As far as I am aware, in elections, the ballot papers offer a selection of candidates with various platforms, party affiliations, manifesto claims, etc. And they, currently, are the sole choices.
If none appeal, 'spoiled vote' is inadequate to assign to voters dissatisfied with the choices
The UK is being ill served by a system that creates limited options in party and/or individual as parliamentary representatives, and creates a mythical mandate to those who 'win' via ever reducing numbers in total. Despite this the 'result' is too often accorded a significance out of all proportion to the will of the majority of committed voters; by those invested within all Houses, and multitudes of hangers on outside, especially media. A true sense of representative vote value is needed.
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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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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for a similar action:
Implement "None of the above" on ballots in all United Kingdom elections #NOTAUK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/650023
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