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A movement to lower the voting age has its day Supreme Court.Make It 16 claims preventing 16 and 17-year-olds from voting is age discrimination and a breach of human rights.The group's efforts previously failed in the High Court in 2020 and Court of Appeal last year.Co-director Cate Tipler says they hope the Supreme Court will issue a formal declaration of inconsistency - something the Court of Appeal wouldn't do last year.They say the Crown's arguing it's a political issue for Parliament - but they're at the Supreme Court because it's a human rights issue, and the court ruling in their favour would show that.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.