Rejected petition Make votes for EU Referendum weighted so votes of younger generations count more

Ultimately it is important for everyone to be able to cast their vote as the outcome affects us all. However, it is the younger generation of this country that the outcome of the EU referendum is going to affect most & for the longest time. Therefore they should have more of a say in the outcome.

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The votes should be weighted so that the votes of those in younger ages brackets count for a higher percentage than those in older age brackets.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's not clear how this could be done. Voting in the UK is anonymous. It is not therefore possible to work out which votes would be weighted in this way.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 June 2016
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