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Allow 16 year olds to vote in the EU membership referendum in 2017

Submitted on Tuesday 23rd September 2014

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow 16 year olds to vote in the EU membership referendum in 2017

Additional Information

16 year olds should be allowed to vote in the upcoming referendum as the result will have a long lasting affect on their future as a citizen of the UK.


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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.

Please see petition below:

Petition title: Lower the UK franchise to 16 year's of age.

Created by: Rudi Affolter

Closing: 30/03/2015

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