Rejected petition Give the youths a vote in referendums, it's our lives that'll be most affected.

Ok, so following up from the latest referendum, we've seen outrage from UK citizens, there may be a second under article 50. Statistics show that the majority of the vote 'leave' came from the older generation who are less affected by this decision. Give us a say, a vote, let us decide our futures.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/eu-referendum-which-type-of-person-wants-to-leave-and-who-will-b/

Ask people, look online, this is for real.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what specific change you'd like to the rules about who is allowed to vote. If you'd like the voting age for referendums to be lowered to 16, you might like to sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/143727

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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