This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in a second EU referendum
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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.
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/133542
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