Rejected petition Adopt a single transferable vote system for Senedd seats

Senedd reforms recently announced laid out the plan to increase the number of Senedd seats to 96.
These seats would be elected through a closed list system where we would vote for parties instead of people.
A closed list system makes it so that the electorate don't know who the candidates are and makes it almost impossible for independent candidates to win.
A single transferable vote system would make candidates public and make it easier for independent candidates.

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What is a single transferable vote system?
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/single-transferable-vote/

How the closed list system works
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/party-list-pr/

Why was this petition rejected?

It did not collect enough signatures to be referred to the Petitions Committee.

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Date submitted 19 September 2023
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