Rejected petition To allow 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in future referendums

Referendums are about making decisions that affect the UK, these decisions have a impact on our future and we should be allowed to participate. In the recent in/out vote in Scotland, this was allowed and this petition asks for the same right for all future UK referendums.

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.

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

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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