Rejected petition Allow 16 and 17 year olds to add their vote to the European Referendum.

Rejected on 29 June 2016

I think the government should now hold another Referendum allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote on the U.K.'s status in Europe. I believe that these votes should then be added to the existing numbers, to give a final, more fair verdict on the EU.

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/146255

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