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Lower the voting age for referendums on whether to leave the EU to 16 years.

Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age for referendums on whether to leave the EU to 16 years.

Petition Details

People aged 16 to 18 will be affected significantly by decisions made on their behalf over relations with Europe, and their opinions should be taken into account. They are interested in the outcomes for themselves and the country, and are capable of making informed choices.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769

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