Rejected petition Drop the minimal voting age for future referendums to sixteen across the UK

Following the EU referendum, it would be just to give both sixteen and seventeen year olds a say in referendums that will equally impact them, as much as people above the current voting age.

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To permit sixteen and seventeen year olds across the United Kingdom to be given the right to vote in all future national referendums.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769

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Date submitted 24 June 2016
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