This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Lower the voting age for the proposed snap election on June 8th to 16
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This election will ultimately affect the way in which this country goes forward in terms of our departure from the EU and it is important that younger people get the opportunity to put the right people in the position to deal with their futures.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
https://moderate.petition.parliament.uk/admin/petitions/195490
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.