Submitted on Friday 11th July 2025
Rejected on Wednesday 30th July 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Strengthening Democracy Through Participation.
requiring all eligible citizens to vote in general and local elections, while preserving the right to formally abstain on the ballot. Those who fail to participate (without a valid reason) shall incur a modest fine, ensuring civic responsibility while respecting individual choice.
Why This Matters
To improve on democracy overall, with full public engagement, this will be the best way to improve local and national turn out in elections.
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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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The following petition calls for a similar action:
Introduce compulsory voting
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706341
216.73.217.50 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:06 +0100
