Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in the European Referendum 2016.
This age group are allowed to marry and work yet they have not had the opportunity to vote in the European referendum although the result will have an enormous impact on their lives.
Many complaints have been aired today on different forms of social network stating that this age group should of had the opportunity to have a say in this enormous and important decision that will impact on their lives. We wish to petition the government to give these adults the right to vote in the European Referendum 2016. Please set a date for this at the earliest opportunity and add the result of their votes to those that have already been made on the 23rd of June.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The EU referendum has already taken place. It is therefore no longer possible for the franchise (the groups of people who are entitled to vote) to be changed.
If you would like the UK voting age to be lowered to 16, you might like to sign this petition instead:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769
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