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Lower the legal voting age from 18 years old to 16 years old.

Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the legal voting age from 18 years old to 16 years old.

Petition Details

The consequences of voting have a major affect on the younger generation as it determines the stance of the country that they grow up in. Therefore, it is only fair that they are represented and that they have their say.

Additional Information

An argument against this is their potential lack of education and experience, however by this point many of this age group are in higher education or work and are therefore directly affected by the decisions made by the rest of the population. These people are the future of our country and it is unfair for them to not be able to voice their opinion.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769

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