article_snippet.sent: Ukip has called for the vote to be held earlier, and today warned under-18s should not be allowed a say.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans accused the Lib Dems of trying to ‘gerrymander’ a future in-out referendum after speculation the Lib Dems would demand 16 and 17-year-olds and the EU migrants are given a vote as part of a possible post-election Coalition deal.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans argued the fairest way of holding a referendum would be to stick to the rules of a general election and said any changes could skew a vote.
article_snippet.sent: And the electoral franchise does not allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote and it's no wonder the Liberal Democrats wish to make this change
article_snippet.sent: but it's a gerrymandering change which is clearly intended to skew the result.
article_snippet.sent: And in the case of EU migrants, there is obviously a vested interest potentially in how EU migrants will vote.
article_snippet.sent: We see this as an attempt by the Liberal Democrats to gerrymander the outcome
highlights_snippet.sent: It said It was 'strongly against' lowering the voting age as under-18s .