Petition · past parliament
All elections should be on Saturday's to stop disrupting children's education.
Closed
34 signatures
What the petition asks
Presently local and national elections are held on Thursdays.Hundreds of schools are used as polling stations disrutpting the education of thousands of children and means parents and carers are forced to make childcare arrangements for their child as their schools are being closed for Election Day.
Timeline
| 26 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Aug 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
34
Status
Closed
Opened
26 Feb 2016
Closed
26 Aug 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.