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Originally Posted by Goneinsixtyseconds
The government are to blame more than anyone else. Just. If you vote 6 times or 16, don't tell anyone first of all.
But I think it suits parliament to have a petition process up for abuse so that it can be discredited on anything.
They could have a system that used something else for identity verification that would virtually guarantee one person, one vote. But they choose not to.
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The controls around the petitioning system are likely to be designed and proportionate to what it is intended to be used for. For example 100,000+ means it’s discussed at a committee who decide whether it goes to the HoC. If however the system was to inform parliament on what action to take then similar controls to a democratic vote would be needed.