Petition Electoral Eligibilty test with voting age lowered to 16.

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Legislation which requires, alongside the existing process, prospective voters to take a test consisting of around 6 to 12 basic questions related to political figures, citizenship and constitutional arrangements to be come eligible to vote. Only a small proportion of correct answers are needed to 'pass'. This will increase political participation, prevent ill-informed and fashion voting and therefore increase legitimacy. This change will be accompanied by legislation lowering the voting age to 16.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

5 signatures

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 26 September 2012
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