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“ S hould the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?” or “A ddylai'r Deyrnas Unedig ddal i fod yn aelod o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd?”, in Wales. This was the question asked of UK citizens on the 23rd of July, 2016. Those who wished to leave the European Union (EU) were in the majority, with a 52 - 48 split. With such a slim majority, many who wished to remain in the EU found ways to express their displeasure. One of the ways they did this was to sign an online petition calling for the UK Government “to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum.” Despite the poor wording [1] , the petition managed to attract nearly 4,000,000 signatures within only four days - the largest amount ever received. Reports surfaced that the large number of signatures may have been the result of fraud , and shortly thereafter approximately 77,000 were removed . How did this happen, and what could ha...