The Supreme Court has declared that the current voting age of 18 is unjustified discrimination, boosting the argument to consider lowering the age to 16. OPINION: The Supreme Court has not said that 16-year-olds should be able to vote. READ MORE:* Securing a Parliament 'supermajority': Why changing the voting age is hard* Voting age judgment 'intruding': National says leave it to Parliament* Young people, should the voting age be lowered to 16? In its decision the Supreme Court records a breezy observation that, ‘’it is clear that the line [of adulthood] has to be drawn somewhere’’. STUFF Jacinda Ardern says the Government will introduce a bill on lowering the voting age to 16.

Source: Stuff November 24, 2022 23:23 UTC