Rejected petition Lower the voting age in the UK to 16 years of age

We want to lower the voting age in the UK to 16 because there are a wide variety of different issues concerning people who are 16 and 17 years of age but due to current laws, these people have been incapable to have a significant say in their future.

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/235503

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Date submitted 8 February 2019
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