Petition · past parliament
Stop electoral fraud by creating a national database of voters
Closed
833 signatures
What the petition asks
There is insufficient rigour applied to the voting process and it is open to error and fraud because it is not national, has insufficient identity checks on an individual, and does not include an individual’s voting rights. A national database and appropriate identity checks would resolve this.
An individual, e.g. student or home-owner, may have two places of residence, in different local authorities. They are entitled to vote in both local authority elections but by law they are only allowed to vote once in a national election.
The individual does not have to specify at which residence they would like to cast their national vote, so they receive two polling cards and whilst it is illegal to vote twice there is no validation carried out to stop this.
The individual does not have to specify at which residence they would like to cast their national vote, so they receive two polling cards and whilst it is illegal to vote twice there is no validation carried out to stop this.
Timeline
| 14 Sep 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Mar 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
833
Status
Closed
Opened
14 Sep 2017
Closed
14 Mar 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.