Voting age 16 years, another idiotic idea. They already have too much on their plate. The age of maturity was 21, and many still celebrate that.
One TSR user, Rybee, makes this clear – he states that “In general, 16 year olds have no interest in politics and are not educated well enough in politics to make an informed vote.”. … While any legal movement on the voting age … We deserve a say in the decisions made in our country and for our voices to be heard on the issues that matter most to us. Recently MPs have been debating whether or not the voting age, currently at 18, should be reduced to 16. Non-voters: electors who were eligible to cast a vote and who did not vote. In her world children and teenagers are all mature, reasoned and responsible, and ready to partake in society at the same level as adults. I have a feeling that most of the 90 per cent of people in the poll who are against this idea are blinded by their general dislike of Sue Bradford, and also boy racer culture being portrayed as having an exclusive relationship with 16 and 17 year olds. Dan (Bay of Islands)
In the last census, there were 118,935 people aged 16 and 17 in New Zealand. Isobel Jaspers, Ella Thorpe and Katie Piper, Lowering the voting age would be a disaster, First-time voters think schools could do more, Election 2020: National Party blame game begins, Election 2020: Greens could be cut out of government as Jacinda Ardern charts course for political centre, Election 2020: Winston Peters, the kingmaker, retreats into his past, Minimum wage, no help and on the ladder at 25: here's how they did it, 'The next Jonah Lomu': Australian media laud Caleb Clarke's Bledisloe brilliance, All Blacks vs Australia: 'Michael Hooper grabbed my nuts': Caleb Clarke, New Zealand stands together as the world burns, Teen found unresponsive after travelling in overloaded car, 'Out of our control': Western Australian Premier calls for federal support as 25 New Zealand travellers arrive in Perth, All Blacks vs Australia player ratings: Rookie Caleb Clarke shines in 27-7 win. 16-year-olds are still kids regardless whether they are mature or not. Weren't we just the other day saying that 16-17 year olds were too immature to drive a car, yet they can choose the road New Zealand goes down.
I think it is unfair to put such young uninformed people in such a position. At the time I convinced my parents (swing voters) to cast their votes as I dictated. The fact is, at 16, you are young.
Do we want a political imbalance to happen in reality here in New Zealand? But where other countries gave 18-year-olds the vote, New Zealand settled on 20. No! General Election voter turnout in New Zealand By age group, 2017 General Election, voters as % of enrolled people. It has nothing to do with who is and isn't mature at age 16 or 36. People above the age of 16 are able to consent to sexual intercourse, agree to or refuse medical treatment and apply for a firearms license amongst other things.
That year was an election year, and elections were held just three weeks before my 18th birthday. Adam (Auckland) * NZ needs online voting * Youth voter apathy needs to end * Lowering the voting age would be a disaster * We are Gen Y: Generation 'why vote?' Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams, has brought up the debate, stating that it would enable 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds to vote. However there are some disagreements among students. They have enough to grabble with being teenagers let alone voting. Over 80 per cent of young Scots registered to vote, and 67 per cent of them said they would be certain or fairly certain to vote in the general election if allowed. Your CV for further employment in running our country is looking rather grim. Why reduce from 18 to 16 years of age when it comes to voting?
Good luck but I for one will not be voting your way in the coming election. Your CV for further employment in running our country is looking rather grim.
We don't apply this sort of discrimination towards adults of voting age to see if they are mature or intelligent enough to vote (some surely would not be), so we should not demean 16 year olds in the same vain.
Do we want a political imbalance to happen in reality here in New Zealand? We don't apply this sort of discrimination towards adults of voting age to see if they are mature or intelligent enough to vote (some surely would not be), so we should not demean 16 year olds in the same vain.
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