Rejected petition Allow anyone who would be 18 before May 2019 voting rights for June 2017

Today the Tory government has announced that there will be a General Election in June 2017.

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I believe that it is my right to vote in this election as I would have turned 18 years of age before the next general election in 2019. I know that I am not the only young person with this point of view. Younger people are a demographic who have very little representation in Parliament. We feel like our voices should be heard in this election as it is our future ahead of us.

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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Date submitted 18 April 2017
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