Rejected petition We the undersigned believe the voting age should be lowered to 16 years of age.

Rejected on 30 June 2016

If the government feel that a 16years old is mature enough and old enough to join the military services, can get a job, get married and start a family, why then are they not considered old enough to vote?

At 16yrs of age, a person can have a job in the armed forces and be married with a family but, they cannot drink in a pub or watch an 18 rated movie in the cinema... Or vote; where is the logic in this?

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/119769

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