Rejected petition: Do not allow 16 and 17 year olds the vote
Rejected on
Do Not Give the Vote to 16 and 17 year olds
If you let them vote then you must let them be named in the courts.
As if you say they are old enough to vote, Then they must be old enough to be held to account for any crime they commit
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 the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Don't lower the voting age to 16: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733604
We call for a referendum before extending voting rights to 16 & 17-year-olds: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733679
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