This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Allow people aged 16 and over be able to vote in the upcoming general election
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I think that it would be extremely important for 16 and 17 year olds to be able to vote in the upcoming general election because it will make a huge impact on our lives and will affect the young meet generation more then anyone else.
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/195490
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