Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 29th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Hold a 2nd EU Referendum with 16-17 year olds voting before invoking Article 50
The EU Referendum did not allow 16-17 year olds to vote unlike the 2014 Scottish Referendum. Given the historic and long-term nature of the EU Referendum's decision those who are going to live longest with that decision should be allowed to vote in a 2nd referendum before Article 50 is invoked.
The EU Referendum produced a narrow result to leave the EU with a marked difference in voting preferences between the young and elderly. Given the historic and long-term nature of the decision, it is wrong that 16-17 year olds were not allowed to vote unlike in the Scottish Referendum. The proposal here is that there should be a 2nd referendum held including 16-17 year olds in the franchise before the Government invokes Article 50.
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