Rejected petition Give the vote on a 2nd EU referendum to 16 & 17 year olds.

Our young people are the ones who will, in the long term, be most affected by the outcome.They deserve the right to help decide what their future will be.

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The majority of young people eligible to vote were in favour of staying in the EU. 75% of 18 - 25 year olds voted YES.

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/133542

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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