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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition We wanted to that government change the law vote on over 16 and 17 years old

We wanted to tell the government to law for young people to vote. At the moment currently teen age under 18 are not allowed to vote in any elections. The government must allow for teen age over 16 to vote

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There are over 1.5 millions 16 and 17 years olds in the uk denied the vote. The government must change the law and our young people’s voice must be heard

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/265932

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