Rejected petition Allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in a 2nd referendum on the EU

16 and 17 year olds have strong opinions on whether the UK should be a member of the EU And their voices have not been heard. This demographic are the ones who are most affected by the outcome of the referendum.

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16 and 17 year olds were allowed to vote in the Scottish independence referendum.

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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/133542

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Date submitted 24 June 2016
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