Petition Make voting be required by law from the age of 16

Turnouts in elections/referendums can be low meaning there are people out there not represented by the governments we elect or by the choices made in referendums - make voting be required by law, where if you don't vote you are fined (unless exceptional circumstances) and lower the voting age to 16

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

9 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 9 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 January 2017
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