Rejected petition Hold an EU Referendum for all 16 and 17 year olds resident in the UK

We, the undersigned, believe that 16 and 17 year olds must be granted the same right to a vote on whether or not the UK should remain in the EU, as they were in the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Their votes must then be counted and combined with the votes cast by the public on 23rd June.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The EU referendum has already taken place. It is therefore no longer possible for the franchise (the groups of people who are entitled to vote) to be changed.

If you would like the UK voting age to be lowered to 16, you might like to sign this petition instead:

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

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 June 2016
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