Rejected petition Make voting compulsory for eligible U.K. residents.

There a young people over the age of 18 that have never voted in any election, local or general. The turnout for elections of any type is poor at best. People have the right to vote, they should use the vote which was fought for.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/219334

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Date submitted 16 May 2018
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