Rejected petition Change voting age to 16

Rejected on 20 October 2022

make the age for voting in england to 16

people in england want to vote for their future and fir their kids future if we lower the age to vote to 16 then we can get more election votes and people can vote for their future

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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/616875

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