Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the voting age to 16 years for UK parliamentary elections and referenda.
In the important 2014 referendum on Scottish independence 16 year olds voted. Brazil and Malta lowered their minimum voting age from 18 to 16 in 1988 and 2015 respectively. The UK Labour Party pledged to support votes for 16 year olds if they won the 2015 general election.
I believe it would have been more important for 16 and 17 year old citizens to vote in the 23rd June 2016 referendum than persons aged say 80 years or more. I can cite evidence if required that this has been a topic of much discussion in the UK over many years, although crucially, not recently.
Most pointedly note that the UK Labour Party commitment to votes for 16 year olds in 2015.
The Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all lowered their voting age to 16 by 2007.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769
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