This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Repeat the EU Referendum with Lowering the Voting Age to 16.
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Repeat the EU referendum with lowering the voting age to 16.
This referendum decides our - young people - future
We - young people - should also decide the future of our country, not only old people.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The EU referendum has already taken place. It is therefore no longer possible for the franchise (the groups of people who are entitled to vote) to be changed.
If you would like the UK voting age to be lowered to 16, you might like to sign this petition instead:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.