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In 2022 the Supreme Court ruled that the current voting age of 18 unlawfully discriminated against 16 year olds , and issued a formal declar...

The Justice Committee has called for submissions on the Electoral (Lowering Voting Age for Local Elections and Polls) Legislation Bill . Su...

Labour's "independent" review of the electoral system reported back today. You can read the full thing here , but most of it w...

The Justice Committee has reported back on the declaration of inconsistency on the voting age. Sadly, the recommendations won't surpris...

When the Supreme Court ruled that Aotearoa's voting age was unjustifiably discriminatory , then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised t...

Last year Parliament passed the New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Act 2022 , amending the BORA to establi...

Today, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of Make it 16 Inc v AG , declaring that the law forbidding 16 and 17 year olds from voting was ...

Newsroom has a piece on Labour's local government review, which will apparently recommend a reduction in the voting age and a move to a...

If the government wants to violate the Bill of Rights Act, does it need to actually justify it, and what happens if it doesn't? That...

Last year, the Make It 16 campaign took the government to court, arguing that the government's restriction of the right to vote to pe...

This morning the government announced an "independent" review of electoral law , to look at "changes to the voting age, the t...

Back in August, the Make It 16 campaign went to court to argue that the current voting age is unjustifiably discriminatory and breaches t...

The Make It 16 campaign is in court this week, arguing that the voting age is unjustifiably discriminatory and breaches the Bill of Right...

Wales has lowered the voting age to 16 : 16 and 17 year olds can now officially vote in Wales for Senedd elections. Votes at 16 & 17 ...

The Make It 16 campaign to lower the voting age is launching this afternoon, and they have already announced plans to challenge the law in c...

Make It 16 , the youth-led campaign to lower New Zealand's voting age, is holding an official campaign launch at Parliament this Frida...

When people suggest lowering the voting age, others argue that the young are too uneducated or silly to exercise the duties of citizenship. ...

Something I missed: not only did Youth MPs declare a climate emergency ; they also launched a campaign to lower the voting age to 16 : Yo...

The Youth Parliament is being held this week, and some of the youth MPs are campaigning for a lower voting age : Molly Doyle, 17, is one Y...

Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft raised the issue of a lower voting age at Parliament yesterday, arguing that it would lead to str...