The first petition is entitled Pass a Law making Voting compulsory and the explanatory notes say
"With the trend in low voting turnout becoming higher with each election, it should be made compulsory to vote at all elections, to get a true picture of the government that the british people want. None of the above should be included on the vote form so that those who do not hold political views are seen to be voting."
The second petition is entitled make it compulsory for all voters to vote in elections for government and the explanatory notes say
"Too many people in my opinion complain about legislation passed by elected officials of this country. Voting should be made compulsory to establish a true representative government of the people. For those uninterested in who wins ensure a new catagory is placed on every ballot paper stating "none of the above". Consideration should also be given to moving election dates to a sunday to allow maximum time for all to vote. A fixed penalty fine of £5.00 could be implemented for none compliance, to be given to charity."
Now, considering that if you click on the "Create a Petition" link you're told
"Before creating a new petition, please use this box to check whether a petition already exists which makes your point. If so, please add your name to that petition. We will not create duplicate petitions making identical points"
I suspect that at least two people have been idiots here. The creator of the second petition, and the Civil Service bod who passed it ...
It's not that I object to the idea, which does, after all, seem to work for the Australians. I just object to the duplication.
1 comment:
What exactly constitutes duplicate? The second clearly has additional ideas that someone may want to sign up to - should it have been excluded?
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