More than three million people in the U.K. have signed a petition demanding a second referendum on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, also known as Brexit.

As of Sunday morning, 3,265,669 people had signed the petition on the official UK Parliament website. The website crashed temporarily Saturday due to the high volume of traffic from people rushing to sign the petition.


As of Sunday morning, more than three million Britons and U.K. residents had signed a petition calling for a second referendum on Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

That number far surpasses the 100,000 signatures needed to force a debate on the issue by members of Parliament. 

However, the petition is being investigated after allegations of fraud. According to the The Petitions Committee, about 77, 000 signatures were removed when officials discovered they were added fraudulently. A number people on social media pointed out that some people who signed the petition were from outside the U.K. Only British citizens or U.K. residents are allowed to sign the petition.

The Petitions Committee will consider the petition at its next meeting Tuesday.

The petition, created by William Oliver Healey, states: “We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based [on] a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum.”

The “Leave” campaign won the vote Thursday with 52 percent to the “Remain” campaign’s 48 percent.

In the wake of vote results, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation Friday. Cameron, who led the “Remain” campaign, has said there will be no second vote.