Submitted on Tuesday 18th April 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 18th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give 16 and 17-year-olds the the right to vote.
16 and 17-year-olds already have the right to vote in Scottish local and parliament elections. Life experience is irrelevant in knowing how we would the country we live in to be governed. We are already trusted enough to get a job and play the lottery, why not be allowed to vote.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178322
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