Petition · past parliament
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.