Allow 16-17 year olds to vote in elections

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Lower the voting age to 16 years old. Many argue that people under 16 are not educated enough politically to make informed decisions. However, apparently we are educated enough to pay taxes? To get married? To start families? To give medical consent? Let us have a say on who runs our country.

There are many 16 year olds who want to be able to vote, myself included. There are many 18+ year olds who are not politically educated but are able to vote, and yet there are many 16-17 year olds who ARE politically educated, such as myself, but cannot vote. We want to be able to have a say on who runs our country, and not have our views disregarded simply because we're not deemed old enough to have informed opinions.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Lower the voting age to 16.

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Timeline

22 Sep 2015	Petition opened for signatures
23 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Sep 2015

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