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Lower the voting age to 16

Submitted on Wednesday 22nd June 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age to 16

Petition Details

The law needs to be change. With this EU voting at the moment, all people are saying this will benefit/help the younger generation. I think we should have the right to vote, especially if the vote going to impact on our future

Additional Information

You can have a child at the age of 16, buy a scratch card which is gambling. We pay tax which benefit everyone. We can drive at the age of 17 so if we can start a family, drive on the roads which people cross. Why cant we vote till we are 18? How is buying toxin alcohol and fire starts compared to voting your 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.

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