Rejected petition Reduce the legal age of voting from 18 to 16.

We have voted out of the EU, a decision that will affect the futures of the 16-18 year olds who didn't have a vote significantly more so than the over 60's who did have a chance to vote. The countries direction and future has become uncertain and the young people it will affect deserve a voice too.

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If they are old enough to work and pay taxes to the country then they are old enough to have a say on who is spending their money and what their money is being spent on. If they are old enough to join the national armed services and die in the national armed services then they're are old enough to have a say in the future of activities of the nation they are in.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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