Member’s bill in the name of Golriz Ghahraman introduced on May 19. The bill  proposes a raft of changes to electoral law. These include, extending the voting age to 16 years, removing the requirement for NZ citizens living overseas to have visited NZ within the last 3 years to maintain voting rights, giving all people in prison the right to vote and implementing the Electoral Commission’s 2012 MMP Review recommendations. Voted down at first reading on Sept 21 with just the Greens  and Te Paati Māori in favour.

Electoral (Strengthening Democracy) Amendment Bill