Rejected petition Lower voting age to 16 for the upcoming general election.

We need to lower the voting age for this upcoming general election as 16 and 17 year olds are directly affected by the results of this election and are engaged in the issue if Brexit as the results impact their future.

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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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Date submitted 22 October 2019
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