David Farrar: How to lift local election turnout by 10% or more

Radio NZ reports:

LGNZ president Sam Broughton told Morning Report part of the reason for low turnout was voters having to deal with postal voting in the digital age, or not having access to polling places and not knowing the candidates.

The Electoral Commission should run all the elections in a standardised process across the country, he said.

“One of the key recommendations is that we should return to having a polling day, as well as the open voting beforehand,” he said.