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Lower the legal age to vote in the June General election to 16 years old

Submitted on Tuesday 18th April 2017

Rejected on Tuesday 25th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the legal age to vote in the June General election to 16 years old

Petition Details

Lower the legal age to vote in the June General election to 16 years old, to give a bigger electorate. On what will be a pivotal General election in our countries history, and effect generations of British citizens for years to come.

Additional Information

Same as the Scottish Referendum Act 2013 which allowed 16 year olds to vote. And later introduce by the Scottish parliament http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-33173488


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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/195490

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