Petition · past parliament
Consider stricter guidelines for postal votes in local elections
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
Fraudulent postal votes have been a cause for concern and have a significant effect on a fair and legal election process.
Postal votes where first introduced with the view of making voting more convenient the process of postal voting is being abused. False and duplicate postal votes aid a common accurance making the election results unfair and illegal.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 11 Mar 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Mar 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Mar 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.