Rejected petition Declare EU referendum null & void due to illegal age discrimination (voting age)

The House of Lords amendment to the voting age should be implemented in light of the changes to Scottish voting age. A person is classed an adult at the age of 16 but is denied the right to vote in the EU referendum (independence from EU) when the precedent has been set in the UK referendum.

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

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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