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Petition

Ensure Local Elections Are Held this year as Scheduled across the country.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

To deny applications from sitting councils to delay their elections.
Do not allow democracy and the rights of the electorate to be undermined by political expediency. The electorate must have the opportunity to elect new representees following the change of government to oversee the creation of or otherwise of the proposed unitary authorities.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Do not postpone the local elections
Do not postpone the local elections

Timeline

16 Jan 2025 Petition opened for signatures
6 Mar 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Mar 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 18 Aug 2026.