I'm loathe to say it - but a journalist who works at stuff mentioned to me they're working on a story that, one of the leaders in the coalition negotiations has been sending inappropriate messages to woman over social media.
The election has been a shambles. Seems many special votes are never checked, many could have been fraudulent and it may have changed the makeup of the whole government. Wow:
In 2020, the Jacinda Ardern-led Government enacted election-day enrolment. Now, on election day, with no proof of ID or address, anyone can sign a declaration, enrol, and vote.
It is impossible to check the eligibility of electors whose names and addresses are secret until after they have voted.
There are over a quarter of a million adults in New Zealand who are not eligible to vote: visa-holders, tourists, foreign students and overstayers among them. Only citizens and permanent residents may vote, and only for the electorate where they live.
It is likely that National candidates in Nelson, Te Atatū and Mt Albert who narrowly lost after the special vote count won more valid votes. It is likely that Peeni Henare and Kelvin Davis really won Tamaki Mākaurau and Te Tai Tokerau.
There is no other country that lets people with no ID enrol and vote on election day. We are the only country where 20.9 per cent of the total votes cast are special votes.
No one knows how many of the 603,257 special votes are fraudulent.
The shift of a handful of votes could change the election result. The Green Party received one-third of their votes from specials, which boosted the number of Green MPs. The special votes decreased National’s MP count by two. Special votes enabled Te Pāti Māori to win two electorates. It is possible that if only valid ballots were counted, National and Act together won the election.
We need to know whether election-day enrolment is empowering participation in democracy, or whether election-day enrolment is destroying the integrity of our elections.
that's actualy disgraceful that all it takes is a signed declaration, and there is no ID verification.
It's not hard to pre-enrol. I don't have a problem with Special Votes, but FMD, I thought at the very least the voters would be verified as being eligible
that's actualy disgraceful that all it takes is a signed declaration, and there is no ID verification.
It's not hard to pre-enrol. I don't have a problem with Special Votes, but FMD, I thought at the very least the voters would be verified as being eligible
Actually from memory didn't Key start that ball rolling when immigrants needed to be 3 months in the country with a letter of intention to gain citizenship.. thats how he scraped in on his 3rd term... looks like it's been fiddled with more..
Well you get get what ya vote for.. another Poli purvey.. wonder if the media will tear into this and demand resignations or say nothing... hang on gotta think of the tax cuts first..
Well you get get what ya vote for.. another Poli purvey.. wonder if the media will tear into this and demand resignations or say nothing... hang on gotta think of the tax cuts first..
"You challenged me to a cage match, acting like a 12-year-old schoolyard bully."
www.newshub.co.nz
Thankfully we’re not at this point. Reckon an altercation in government isn’t far away in america. Bet this is more than Bernie Sanders has seen in his career.
My problem with Native māori is they don't know how good they have It in this country! You get free money to sit around doing nothing, you have a injury you don't have to go bankrupt to pay the medical bill and another million things that are great about NZ
I like it here. But I would move to aussie if all my family and friends came with me, cheaper easier more promise, warmer etc. But there aren't many other places I would go.
Luxon should go to the greens and/or labour or māori and find a way round a coalition with Winston. Otherwise he is going to get embarrassed and outfoxed for the next 3 years by his coalition "partner". Be a fun watch for the rest of us though.