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Call for non-referendum voters to vote.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

As we know, 17,410,742 people voted for UK to leave the EU, and 16,141,241 voted to remain. That leaves 12,931,817 eligible voters who DID NOT vote, and we all know that this could make a huge difference.
Let's call for a request for all non-voters to submit their vote.
"Counting Officers have verified that a total of 33,568,184 ballot papers will be included in the count for the referendum. Based on a confirmed electorate of 46,500,001, turnout at the referendum was 72.2 percent," the watchdog said. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/23/high-turnout-for-eu-referendum-vote-could-break-uk-records/

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition calling for a second referendum in which only people who did not vote on 23 June were eligible to vote, if that's what you would like to happen.

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
8 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Jul 2016

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