Submitted on Friday 29th November 2024
Rejected on Tuesday 4th March 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the UK voting age to 16 years old.
Lower the UK voting age to 16 and give the younger audience of the UK a voice for their own future.
16 year olds in the UK don't have their voices heard and are the only ones in society who can work 40 hours a week and still be taxed on council tax and have to pay national insurance, yet being able to vote for their own future. Even though, they're the ones who are spending their hard earned money contributing towards their future and can't even decide where their money ends up.
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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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There is already a petition open about lowering the voting age.
Lower the voting age to 16 for general elections: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700687
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