Petition Lower the voting age to 16.

1.5 million young people in the UK are denied a political voice. 16 year olds can give full medical consent, leave school and enter employment, pay income tax, obtain tax credit and welfare, get married or enter a civil partnership, join the armed forces and have sexual relations... why not vote?

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This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

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Date closed 23 January 2016
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