This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Allow 16 & 17 year olds to participate in the EU referendum!
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As the people who will be most affected by the outcome, we believe that we should have a say!
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/146255
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