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Lower the voting age to 16 for all elections

Submitted on Monday 25th November 2024

Rejected on Thursday 19th December 2024

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age to 16 for all elections

Petition Details

People aged 16 and 17 are being more educated on politics and lowering the voting age to 16 would help to be more representative of the people and if we lower the voting age to 16 for all elections (Not just general elections that would then help people feel more included)

Additional Information

As stated above 16 and 17 are being more educated on politics so people would help to be more representative and inclusive


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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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700687

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