Submitted on Sunday 3rd July 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Hold a second EU membership referendum with voting extended to 16-18 year-olds
The EU membership referendum resulted in a very close win for LEAVE. Only 37.4 % of eligible voters in fact voted OUT.
Brexit would affect the youngest generations more than anyone else; as in the Scottish referendum, the UK's 16-18 year-olds should be allowed to vote - in a second EU referendum.
If 16 and 17-year-olds had been allowed to vote - as with the 2014 Scottish referendum - the result would have been very different.
Polling shows that 82% of 16-18 year-olds would have voted REMAIN. With 1.46 million 16-18 year-olds in the UK, that would have matched the 1.2 million difference between OUT and IN - and changed the result decisively.
Many experts have urged a second referendum. Our membership of the EU affects the entire world, all UK citizens - and especially the young.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133542
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