An Electoral Review Panel may recommend it, but the National Party insists it still won't support reducing the voting age to 16. National's opposition means the super majority of 75% needed for this reform would not be obtainable in parliament.   National is, however, withholding comment on most aspects of the full set of electoral reform proposals , of which the voting age is just a small part.  The proposed reforms were developed by a six-person Independent Electoral Review Panel, chaired by the lawyer and director, Deborah Hart.

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