A youth-led, non-partisan movement to allow 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in Aotearoa. (Account run by our team, email [email protected] for media)
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The Supreme Court has just declared that preventing 16 and 17 year-olds from voting is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights. Parliament cannot ignore that. It is time to make the voting age 16!!!!!!
Support for lowering the voting age in NZ continues to increase! Fact: Only around a third of adults in Scotland supported a lower voting age before its introduction. After the 2014 election, politicians, analysts and the Scottish Youth Parliament hailed the decision as a success
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Great to see our friends from @makeit16nz at Council today and to continue to support this movement whose time is well overdue. Local government needs these younger voters and voices! thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360670…
Upholding human rights is never a distraction. Local democracy is just that, democracy. And in a democracy politicians don’t choose who gets a say because they’re worried they might not like what they hear - especially if there is no evidence for their worry!
730 people took the time to write submissions on the Bill to lower the voting age for local elections through our website. Many more sent theirs directly to Parliament. They will never be read because the Govt ended the select committee process. That is undemocratic
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Odd... thought this government was really keen on debating things at select committee?
The Government has asked the justice select committee to end consideration of the Bill to lower the voting age for local elections. They are shutting down public consultation. Young people will not even get a say on our own voting rights. That is a disgrace.
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Not only do they not have any evidence for that, but in deciding whether someone is allowed to vote it really shouldn’t matter who they will vote for. Democracy is when voters pick their politicians, not when the politicians pick their voters
We are incredibly disappointed by the Government’s refusal to listen to the experts, 7 of our largest councils, councillors across the country and young people ourselves and lower the voting age to 16
Whether or not the Green Party campaigns for the rights of Act supporting 16/17YOs (and that’s a decision for them), Make It 16 certainly does. Whoever you vote for your right to vote matters. And 16/17YOs should be able to exercise that right
And both of them should be able to vote #makeit16
Exciting to see that the law to Make It 16 for local elections is on the Government’s reinstatement list for today 🥳
Add your voice to our petition asking all political parties to support this Bill our.actionstation.org.nz/pet…
LAST DAY TO TELL PARLIAMENT WHY WE NEED TO MAKE IT 16 FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS
Today submissions close on the voting age Bill for local elections, and we need to make our voice heard so we can have our voices heard. Get submitting!
mysay.nz/campaigns/Dpxg0x
Submissions are open on the bill to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections. It’s time to have our voices heard and we can do that with your help!
Click the link below to make a submission before October 20th ⬇️
mysay.nz/campaigns/Dpxg0x