Allow 16-17 year olds to vote in the upcoming general election.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

We have a political system that prides its self on democracy.Throughout the Brexit debate people both sides were preaching about giving people a voice and bringing back control. Is it not ironic that the people whose futures are being debated don't have a voice? We are the future, let us have a say.

I am an A-level politics student at a local (state) secondary school. I am 17 an I will not be able to participate in the general election that the PM has called for. I have a real passion for politics along with thousands young people at the moment.

At The end of the day long term key political decisions are being decided by the elderly who statistically speaking will be dealing with the consequences for a much shorter period of time.

We need to stop the marginalisation of young people.

Why it was rejected

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

Allow 16/17 year olds to vote.

Timeline

18 Apr 2017	Petition opened for signatures
24 Apr 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Apr 2017

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