Rejected petition Lower The Voting Age From 18 to 16!

As 16 and 17 year olds, we are allowed to make some very life changing choices. However whenever it comes to a political vote, we do not get a say in how our country is run. Scotland recently had a referendum, where 16 and 17 year olds had the vote and 71% of them voted.

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By giving the vote to 16 and 17 year olds it would increase the voter turnout. Which has been a recently a hot topic in the news.

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/200874

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Date submitted 7 February 2018
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