A live thread on the New Zealand Supreme Court ruling that limiting voting to 18+ years of age is unjustified discrimination: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300742311/live-door-for-voting-age-change-open-after-backers-score-win-in-uphill-battle
I agree with some scheme for enfranchising all citizens and residents in a democracy.
#stuff #newzealand #voting #enfranchisement #childrights #childrensrights #law #democracy
@koavf I would love to see 16 y/o people being allowed to vote. They have a better sense of what they believe in than most of the 60+ people I know 🤷 You ask my parents why they vote LNP (Australia) and that will tell you the same (false) reasons they've been giving since I was a kid. When I correct them with actual facts they can't process it because of a lifetime of misinformation.
@silhouettic Good point: a 16 year-old may not have great reasons, but is liable to have reasons and bad reasons are better than no reasons. Either way, they have a stake in the outcome, so they deserve some representation.