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Allow 16-year-olds to vote, New Zealand court rules

Allow 16-year-olds to vote, New Zealand court rules
A New Zealand court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote is 'age discrimination'. Protection against age discrimination in New Zealand begins at 16...and thus choosing 18 as the voting age showed discrimination, it said.