Government Announces Electoral Law Changes

Changes to electoral law will disenfranchise thousands – and may not save any time

The government does not want to spend the time and resources to fully modernise the law and processes surrounding our electoral rolls – so who are the real dropkicks in this story?

Government announces electoral law changes

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced the electoral law changes the coalition Government will make. File photo supplied The coalition Government plans to make numerous changes to New Zealand’s electoral laws including stopping people from being able to enrol to vote on polling day. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says: “Allowing late enrolments, however well intentioned, has placed too much strain on the system. “The final vote count use…

National Is Making It Harder To Vote

The National Party is changing the rules on same-day enrolment, which in the last election would have seen about 110,000 people miss out on voting. That’s about the same number of people as live in Lower Hutt,” Labour justice spokesperson Duncan ...

Hundreds of thousands of voters affected by planned electoral changes

A new electoral law change would remove same-day voting and late enrolments, as well as impacting the votes of those who haven’t updated their physical address ahead of the advanced voting period. The Government has moved ahead with sweeping voting changes that will restrict who can vote and when people can enrol. The Electoral Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament on Thursday, not only scraps same-day voter enrolment, but stops people from e…

National is making it harder to vote – Labour

Tens of thousands of people will miss out on exercising their democratic right to vote as a result of today’s changes. “The National Party is changing the rules on same-day enrolment, which in the last election would have seen about 110,000 people miss out on voting. That’s about the same number of people as live in Lower Hutt,” Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb said. “This is an appalling change that will make it harder for a lot of peopl…