| Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General | |
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| Court | Supreme Court of New Zealand |
| Decided | 21 November 2022 |
| Citation(s) | [2022] NZSC 134 |
| Case history | |
| Prior action(s) | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, France, Kós JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| appeal allowed; declarations granted (per Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan and France JJ) dissent (Kós J) | |
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Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General is a 2022 landmark decision of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in which the court held that the country's current voting age of 18 was discriminatory.[1][2] The court found that the provisions in the Electoral Act 1993 and Local Electoral Act 2001 that set the voting age of 18 years was an unjustified limitation on the right to be free from age discrimination in section 19 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (BORA).[3][4]
In response to the judgment, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern subsequently announced that a bill to lower the voting age to 16 would be debated in the New Zealand Parliament, requiring a supermajority to pass.[5] Polling after the judgment by The New Zealand Herald showed that 79 per cent of respondents did not support lowering the voting age.[6] Stuff reported in December 2022 that 73 mayors and councillors across the country had signed a letter supporting the Make It 16 campaign.[7]
- ^ Craymer, Lucy (21 November 2022). "New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory". Reuters. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Legal, Prime (12 April 2023). "MAKE IT 16 INCORPORATED V. ATTORNEY GENERAL". Prime Legal. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General [2022] NZSC 134
- ^ Molyneux, Vita (21 November 2022). "Supreme Court rules in favour of lowering voting age to 16". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Whyte, Anna (21 November 2022). "Lowering voting age to 16 likely to fail in Parliament". Stuff. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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:3was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gourley, Erin (21 December 2022). "Hutt City Council fourth in Wellington region to endorse Make It 16's call for lower voting age". Stuff. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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