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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuardian: 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 residentsNicola 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 parliaments official petitions website should have been signed only by British citizens and UK residents.
However, the petitions 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
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)1. /pol/
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)4. LOL
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.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)6. 15 year chronic masturbators from suburban Ohio....
840high
(17,196 posts)2. Democracy spoke. Let it be.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)7. +1
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)3. I bet more than a few DUers signed it.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)5. I was just thinking the exact same thing
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.