Make It 16 co-leader Gina Dao-McLay wants the voting age lowered to 16.
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The Make It 16 campaign failed in the High Court in Wellington last year to convince a judge to declare the current minimum voting age of 18 discriminatory on the basis of age.
Only Parliament can change the law but a ruling it was discriminatory could have helped the cause.
Make It 16 co-leader Gina Dao-McLay said the group would now take their fight to the Court of Appeal in August, with the help of lawyers who took on the case pro-bono.
They want 16- and 17-year-olds to be able to vote at the next local body elections on 8 October 2022. Voter turnout across New Zealand in 2019 was 42 percent.