Petition Improve young voter turnout: polling stations in universities and colleges

Young voters are statistically proven to have a poorer turnout to elections than older voters, despite having to live longer with the results. In order to improve young voter turnout, improving accessibility to polling stations by putting them in educational institutions ought to be considered.

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/10/economist-explains-24

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/28/young-people-bad-voting-millennials-eu-vote-politics

https://next.ft.com/content/1ce1a720-ce94-3c32-a689-8d2356388a1f

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

11 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 11 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 15 January 2017
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