Submitted on Thursday 17th July 2025
Rejected on Friday 1st August 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
National referendum on whether the voting age should be 16 or 18
To hold a national referendum on the age of voting to decide whether it should be 18 or 16 years of age.
This is a major change to our democratic system and a decision of this magnitude should not be decided by government but by the general public.
This government was elected on a relatively small vote share and their views on the age of voting may not be reflective of the wider population.
A referendum will deliver a clear result and build national consensus.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
We call for a referendum before extending voting rights to 16 & 17-year-olds: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733679
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