Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the voting age from 18 to 16
In the EU referendum, people aged 16 and 17 did not get a say in their future. We are given the same information about the referendum and educated enough to make an informed decision just as a person aged 18 and over is. This is why I would like to start a petition to lower this age for our future.
There is a youth parliament for people aged 11-18 who are educated on poltics and current affairs. A person aged 90 can vote and not live to see the changes yet a person aged 16+ will. Politics is an a level option to sixth forms which learn about issues leaving the EU faces.
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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.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769
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