I get trying to get as many people as possible to vote.
Election day registration seems to be a huge problem with the results being delayed.
Sorry if you haven't bothered to register until Election day bad luck.
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.
OPINION: Is election-day enrolment destroying the integrity of our elections?
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