Rejected petition Have a Referendum on more senedd members cost 100k and to stop the closed list for senedd elections

The 100k spent on extra members could be more usefully spent on the NHS, we don't need extra members and and I want to know who I am voting for in an election

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the Senedd or Welsh Government is not responsible for.

Petitions to the Senedd must call for a specific action that falls within the powers of the Senedd or Welsh Government.
Schedules 7A and 7B of the Government of Wales Act 2006 set out the issues which are ‘restricted’ or ‘reserved’ to the UK Parliament - i.e. areas where only the UK Parliament or Government, not the Senedd or Welsh Government, can act.
As a result, it is not possible for the Senedd to call for a Referendum as called for in your petition. You may wish to consider petitioning the UK Parliament about this issue instead: https://petition.parliament.uk/

With regard to opposing the closed list, another similar petition is already collecting signatures:
Adopt a single transferable vote system for Senedd seats https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245599

We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
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Date submitted 6 March 2024
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