Rejected petition Lower the voting age of all referenda to 16

I believe that the younger population [suggested minimum age of 16] of this nation should be included within the eligible voting age of all referenda that the government propose. These individuals should have a say to these matters that will affect them.

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 26 June 2016
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