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If a petition is made, you can oppose it by filing a notice. You need to be a group of 200 or more electors and you must do this no later than 3 working days before the inquiry starts. When you do this, you become a respondent to the petition. The Electoral Commission also becomes a respondent. You and the Electoral Commission will be the ones responding to the petition.
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A group of 200 or more electors may, not later than 3 working days before the commencement of the inquiry, file a notice of intention to oppose a petition, and those persons are respondents to the petition.
The Electoral Commission must also be a respondent.
