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Showing posts with label Voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voting. Show all posts
Monday, October 9, 2023

Christie: They Haven’t Counted the Shy Tories

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Although I voted on the second day of advanced voting, I am still watching the entire election campaign with great interest. This election i...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Kate Hawkesby: I don't understand the people who don't vote

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I went out in search of some democracy yesterday, trying to early vote.    I looked up on the Vote NZ website where in my area had early vot...
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Monday, October 2, 2023

Francesca Rudkin: Why are there still so many undecided voters?

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Driving around the country this week – mainly Auckland to the Central Plateau and back, you’d be forgiven for thinking there’s only one main...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Sean Plunket chats to Karl Le Quesne on voting and the Treaty of Waitangi

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Sean Plunket talks to the Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne about voting and why his staff needs to demonstrate knowledge of the Treaty...
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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Clive Bibby: National needs to do better

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  I have never tried to disguise where my political allegiances lie.  I am happy to admit that I have occasionally fleetingly toyed with the...
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Friday, March 21, 2014

Steve Baron: To vote or not to vote… that is the question

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I’d like to tell you about Ben. I first met Ben at Victoria University when I attended there in 2012 as a mature post graduate student...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Steve Baron: System means a lot of votes don't count

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While 58% of Wanganui voters posted in their vote in the recent elections, around New Zealand, turnout was lower than ever before. The qu...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Steve Baron: The time for internet voting has arrived

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The internet has become intricately entwined in the lives of New Zealanders and has the potential to improve our democracy. A 2010 AUT study...
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