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Lower the voting age to 16

Submitted on Wednesday 29th June 2016

Rejected on Wednesday 29th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age to 16

Petition Details

1.5 million young people in the UK are denied a political voice. The EU referendum showed how badly young people are desperate for a voice in our future, and how it instead dictated to us by our elders. At 16, we can leave school, pay income tax, join the armed forces and marry, but not vote...


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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.

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