Rejected petition Allow 16-17 year olds to vote in the EU referendum and add this to the result.

As young people we are very globally minded and it is our future that has been decided by people who will have to live with this decision for very little time. We need a voice in our future. This affects our ability to study in Europe or get a job that extends our influence beyond Britain alone.

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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/146255

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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