Rejected petition Lower the voting age to the age of full criminal responsibility.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what you mean by "age of full criminal responsibility". The current age of criminal responsibility is 10 but children can't be tried in an adult court until 18 except in very rare circumstances.

https://www.gov.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility

You could start a new petition calling for the voting age to be lowered to 10 if that is something you want to see happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

• Date submitted 25 March 2019
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