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Lower the voting age to 16

Submitted on Sunday 28th February 2016

Rejected on Monday 29th February 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age to 16

Petition Details

Currently in the UK 16 year olds are not allowed to vote in general elections ands most referendums. By allowing 16 year olds to vote democracy is enhanced within the UK also increasing legitimacy. If 16 year olds are old enough to pay tax why are they not old enough to choose how they are governed?

Additional Information

In the referendum For Scottish Independance in 2014, 109,000 16-17 year olds voted (74%), surely this indicates the eagerness of this age category to be involved in politics and be able to make decisions that affect them.


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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.

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