This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Lowering the voting age to 16 to give the young youth a voice
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Help us to make the youth voices of Britain to be heard let them vote for what they want as it will go towards their future aswell
Why was this petition rejected?
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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769
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