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To stop postal vote fraud in the uk referendum

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Postal voting fraud has become “easy” because of “extremely lax rules”, the electoral commissioner has said amid concerns that the practice is widespread.








Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition as it does not call for a clear action from the UK Government and Parliament. You might be interested in signing the following petition on abandoning postal voting Abandon the postal vote because it is too open to fraud

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Timeline

25 Feb 2016 Petition opened for signatures
26 Feb 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Feb 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.