Rejected petition Allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in a second EU referendum

On 23rd June the UK voted to leave the EU. A petition was started to seek a second referendum. Purpose of this petition is that if a second referendum is triggered then I believe all 16 and 17 year olds should be able to vote as this will impact upon their future too.

This petition was rejected

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/133542

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 25 June 2016
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