Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Hold second referendum to include 16 and 17 year old voters.
The young people of the UK will be affected for a greater proportion of their lives than other groups. As it will take two years for the UK to leave the EU, 16 and 17 year olds will reach the age of majority by that time and should have the right to vote on their own futures.
There is precedent for this in the UK as Scotland extended the voting age to include 16 and 17 years olds in the refendum on Scottish independence.
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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