Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Lower the voting age to 16 for the June 2016 election.

Lower the legal voting age for general elections, so young people can have a true say in our country's future. Without this, young people will grow up into a political spectrum they had no influence over.

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/195490

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