Lower the voting age to 16

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

1.5 million young people in the UK are denied a political voice. In light of the EU referendum and the idea the already widening gap between generational views. The fact that 16 and 17 year olds are not able to vote in decisions directly affecting them is undemocratic. Let them vote for their future

http://www.votesat16.org/about/ - For ( The movement already has lots of backing, it just needs a little more of a push, to achieve the results we require)

https://www.rt.com/uk/322894-teen-vote-eu-referendum/ - Against (In this article Lord Faulks claims the reason to not allow 16 year olds to vote is because they are too immature, and the brain stops developing at 25 years old. Yet 16 year olds are allowed to join the armed forces amongst other monumental decisions and 18 year olds are allowed to vote regardless)

Why it was rejected

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

Reduce the legal voting age to 16

Timeline

25 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
28 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Jun 2016

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