Petition Lower the UK franchise to 16 year's of age.

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As 16 year old's are considered mature enough to leave school, go to work, pay taxes and national insurance, etc, they are certainly mature enough to vote. The franchise in the UK should be lowered to 16 years of age to reflect this.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

52 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 52 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 30 March 2015
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