Rejected petition Re-run the UK's EU membership referendum to correctly weight it according to age

It is becoming blatantly evident that the UK electorate's decision making is dramatically affected by age, with voters under 50 overwhelmingly in support of the Remain camp. In order to be fair to the voters who will have to deal with the fallout, we must value their opinions with greater weight.

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YouGov on the day poll: http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/640yx5m0rx/On_the_Day_FINAL_poll_forwebsite.pdf

18-24: 75% Remain
25-49: 56% Remain
50-64: 44% Remain
65+: 39% Remain

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 exactly how you would like votes in any second referendum to be weighted.

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

Date submitted 24 June 2016
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