Rejected petition Lowering voting age to 16-17yr olds for UK 2015 election

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Young people in the UK have declared an interest in being allowed to vote in the next UK General Election in 2015. Sign a petition to initiate that debate in this parliamentary term which could be followed by the introduction of an Act to be voted on to enable that to happen

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Date submitted 18 September 2014
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