"The Court agreed that the current voting age is not justified but chose to use their discretion not to issue a declaration of inconsistency. That gives strong support to our belief that preventing 16 and 17 year-olds from voting is unjustified age discrimination," Tipler told Stuff. "More than ever, the decisions made by politicians today will impact the world young New Zealanders inherit from us. My Strengthening Democracy Member's Bill would help ensure more people's voices to count in our democracy by lowering the voting age to 16. Several countries already have a voting age as low as 16, including Austria, Scotland, Argentina, Wales, Cuba, Brazil, Nicaragua and Ecuador.

Source: Stuff December 14, 2021 14:44 UTC