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nationalize the fed

(2,169 posts)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:36 PM Jun 2016

Guardian: Petition for second EU referendum may have been manipulated

Data shows people from countries including Iceland and Tunisia backed petition that should be signed only by Britons and UK residents

Nicola Slawson UK Guardian
@nicola_slawson
Sunday 26 June 2016 09.18 EDT

A petition calling for a second EU referendum which has gained more than 3 million signatures is under investigation by parliamentary authorities.



The House of Commons petitions committee has confirmed that 77,000 signatures, which were added fraudulently, have been removed. A tweet by the committee said that it would continue to monitor the petition for suspicious activity.

The request for another referendum on the parliament’s official petitions website should have been signed only by British citizens and UK residents.

However, the petition’s data showed signatories from countries around the world, including Iceland, the Cayman Islands and Tunisia, and in some cases there are more signatures than total population.

Despite Vatican City, a tiny city state, having a total population of just 800, over 39,000 residents of Vatican City appeared to have signed the petition....snip

Read More: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/petition-for-second-eu-referendum-may-have-been-manipulated

New Rule (Per Globalists): If an election doesn't turn out the way you want, lie about it, call people that didn't vote your way "dumb" and then try again- with "help"!
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Guardian: Petition for second EU referendum may have been manipulated (Original Post) nationalize the fed Jun 2016 OP
/pol/ AngryAmish Jun 2016 #1
LOL Ruby the Liberal Jun 2016 #4
15 year chronic masturbators from suburban Ohio.... AngryAmish Jun 2016 #6
Democracy spoke. Let it be. 840high Jun 2016 #2
+1 nationalize the fed Jun 2016 #7
I bet more than a few DUers signed it. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #3
I was just thinking the exact same thing SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #5

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
4. LOL
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 08:23 PM
Jun 2016

Yeah - that news has been online all day. Maybe Parliament needs to hire some 15 year old interns to surf the inner tubes for them.

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
5. I was just thinking the exact same thing
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 08:23 PM
Jun 2016

Of course, some DUers are Brits, so of course they could sign, but I'm guessing there were more than a few who weren't eligible to sign.

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