Any change in electoral law will require the support of 75% of parliament members and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says his government does not have that level of backing in parliament.
The New Zealand government backtracked on Monday, March 13, on introducing legislation to lower the voting age to 16 in the country’s general elections, saying it does not have the required numbers for the bill to pass in parliament.
But Hipkins said he would introduce a bill to lower the voting age for local government elections as that would only require a regular majority in the parliament.
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