Rejected petition Discard the referendum votes of people above retirement age.

A referendum isn't like an election. It's irreversible. For this reason it affects younger people to a far greater degree. It's unjust to give people who don't have to live with the consequences of their actions power over those that do. The votes of people above retirement age should be discounted.

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 disregarded.

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

Date submitted 25 June 2016
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