Rejected petition I believe that government should lower the voting age to 16

I believe that the government should lower the voting age to 16 and should provide more political education for younger people. Once someone reaches the age of 21 voting should then be compulsory but there should be a re-open nominations option for people who wish not to express an opinion.

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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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/162971

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Date submitted 29 November 2016
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