Break the political deadlock by holding a simultaneous PR GE and 2nd Referendum.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Brexit has wasted two years of political energy while splitting parties and the nation. The two party system has failed. Solve both issues with a simultaneous 'Proportional Representation' General Election and a 2nd Referendum on the same ballot paper.

The ballot paper could be like a standard GE paper. But at the bottom of the sheet it could have sensible options on Brexit. Either a binary Leave or Remain, or a preferential choice with several options.

The General Election PR system should be a system which ensures every vote counts. For example the Party List PR system, where electoral seats are allocated according to vote share. Thresholds should be set to rule out extremist parties.

This would break the deadlock and make voting fairer.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Hold a new Brexit referendum at the next General Election if UK has not left EU

There's also a petition about proportional representation:

Change the general election voting system to one of proportional representation

Timeline

28 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Apr 2019

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