Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition The Government should let 16 and 17 year vote if there is a 2nd EU referendum.

16 and 17 year olds were not allowed to vote in the EU referendum an issues that affects there future and they were potentially treated differently to 16/17 years olds in other parts of the UK on other similar referendums - for example Scotland's independence

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133542

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