Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow 16&17-year-olds to vote in the future for general elections & referendums
16 & 17-year-olds are our future and they deserve the right to vote. Their voice must be heard. The Scottish referendum proved that given the opportunity many 16-17 year-olds would vote and this is substantiated by research from Austria and Norway. We allow them to work and pay tax but not vote.
Electoral-reform.org.uk. (2016). Lowering the voting age. [online] Available at: http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/votes-at-16 [Accessed 25 Jun. 2016].
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