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Allow those aged 16 and 17 to vote.

Submitted on Monday 31st October 2016

Rejected on Thursday 3rd November 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow those aged 16 and 17 to vote.

Petition Details

Those aged 16+ have an increasing political awareness, they can join the armed forces, pay tax/national insurance, choose their education after school, drive a vehicle, attend state - ran schools/colleges, consent to sexual intercourse or decide their home but cannot vote for their government.

Additional Information

In the UK, 1.9 million young people aged 16 and 17 are denied the right to vote for their government.

The general consensus in Britain is that young people are underrepresented; this is solely because MPs and Councillors do not require our vote in order to achieve power.

The age should be lowered to 16 is because that is the age of which we are then subjected to Government decisions more than ever. Until we can be represented and choose who represents us, we are not part of a democracy.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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