Rejected petition Reduce then voting age to 16

As our active citizenship project for our GCSE, we believe that the voting age should be reduced to 16. The changes made in parliament will affect them, for at least the next 5 years. You're allowed to join the armed forces, be married and have to pay tax, so you should be able to vote.

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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/218284

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Date submitted 19 July 2018
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