{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/155778.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":155778,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"We the undersigned believe the voting age should be lowered to 16 years of age.","background":"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?","additional_details":"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?","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2016-06-28T22:30:50.021Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:16:50.199Z","rejected_at":"2016-06-30T09:13:01.416Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-06-29T22:17:25.521Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}