Submitted on Sunday 23rd March 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the national voting age to 16
The people who have signed this petition are in agreement that the age at which a UK citizen is eligible to participate in any election or vote should be reduced to 16 years old.
This is fairer as it allows young people to have a say in the way the country is run. Many people who are 16 or 17 have a strong political voice, and, as they pay tax through VAT, it is just that they should get a say in how it's spent. To deny them this right would be undemocratic. What's more, the average first time voting age would become 18, rather than 20 which it currently is.
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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.
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