Submitted on Monday 13th February 2017
Rejected on Friday 17th February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower Voting Age to 16
The current voting of 18 in the United Kingdom deprives thousands of young people across the country the right to vote. 16 year olds are allowed to work, pay income tax and enter civil partnerships but not have a say in the government of their country. This must change.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178322
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