Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Weight constitutional votes by age so younger voters get more influence
Consitutional questions create outcomes that influence people over many years, and are difficult to reverse. Younger voters are disproportionally influenced, the outcomes will stay with them longer, and young people are more likely to be vulnerable to the economic or social outcomes.
We suggest that voting in consitutional referenda should be weighted by voters age with the votes of younger people carrying more weight. This would not apply to general elections where the votong cycle is short, so no age groups are differentially influenced.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It's not clear how this could be done. Voting in the UK is anonymous. It is not therefore possible to work out which votes would be accorded greater weight.
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