Submitted on Monday 27th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow students at secondary school to participate in national votes.
We accept that there may not be an argument to lower the age to vote but in cases such as referendums, the argument is fundamentally different. In national votes, the impact of the result is far greater on the young, which adds credence to maximising younger voters able to participate.
An example of this would be the EU Referendum. By this we mean that the outcome of the vote would affect the future of students under the age of 18 more than anyone else's yet they were not allowed to vote and were expected to just deal with the outcome without any say in the matter. Although there are many good reasons why under 18's shouldn't be allowed to vote, there are many more as to why they should, e.g. it affects them too, they deserve a say in their future, they should be heard...
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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.
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This petition does not specify what the lower age limit for the franchise should be. It is therefore not clear what action the Government is being asked to take.
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