Taylor v Attorney-General - [2016] 3 NZLR 111

Elections and polls — Parliamentary elections — Whether legislation disqualifying all prisoners from voting is valid — Extent to which qualification of voters entrenched as reserved provision — Whether disqualification of prisoners contrary to New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 9, 19 and 23.

Constitutional law — Elections — Whether legislation disqualifying all prisoners from voting is valid — Extent to which qualification of voters entrenched as reserved provision — Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2010, s 4.

Human rights — Discrimination — Whether disqualifying all prisoners from voting indirect discrimination against Maori — Definition of appropriate comparator to determine discrimination — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 19.