Submission + - SPAM: Interesting UK online democracy exercise underway
Budenny writes: The UK allows any voter to register an online petition with the Government. It then stays open for 6 months, and if it attracts more than 100,000 votes, it qualifies to be debated in Parliament. If it attracts more than 10,000 the Government will respond. There are some grounds for Parliament to refuse to debate it, but generally reasonable petitions with substantial votes will go forward.
The current one is here:
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And it says:
Call a General Election
I would like there to be another General Election.
I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
One that may be worth watching.
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The current one is here:
[spam URL stripped]...
And it says:
Call a General Election
I would like there to be another General Election.
I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
One that may be worth watching.
Link to Original Source
