Rejected petition: Raise the voting age back up to 18
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I believe Parliament should raise the voting age back as children should not be able to decide the country’s future before finishing formal education
I believe the UK government should not allow children to decide the country’s future before finishing formal education
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733604
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.