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

Rejected on 22 May 2018

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.

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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

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