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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nick Perry

New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court

New Zealand Herald

A lobby group seeking to lower New Zealand's voting age from 18 to 16 won its appeal to the Supreme Court, which ruled Monday the current law amounts to age discrimination.

However, changing New Zealand's voting age would require agreement from a 75% supermajority of lawmakers, and even proponents acknowledge they don't have the support to make it happen.

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