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From pallet-ply reinforcements to midnight torch-lit installs: the builders, rules, collaborations and rivalries behind New Zealand’s election hoardings.
"This is probably the first election where a significant chunk of Kiwis use AI to tell them how they should vote," a political polling expert says.
RNZ
The government does not know how much an MMP referendum might cost, and National's leader is refusing to rule out a question on abolishing the Māori seats.
Newsroom
Uncollected ballot papers in mailboxes and fraud concerns prompt calls to replace local council postal voting with booths
Stuff
From compulsory voting to ranked ballots, other democracies run elections very differently. Could any of their ideas improve New Zealand’s system?
Pop a Labour breath mint or grab your hot pink hoodie, it’s election season.
RNZ
Explainer - It's two months until Election Day and campaign billboards have been sprouting up like multicoloured weeds, with catchy slogans and smiling candidate portraits lining the roads.
RNZ
The number of young people enrolled to vote has increased over the past month, but almost 188,000 18- to 24-year-olds remain unenrolled ahead of this year's general election.
RNZ
Explainer - If you plan on casting a vote in November's general election, the clock is ticking - unlike past elections, you have to enrol well before Election Day this year to get your say at the ballot box.
RNZ
Explainer - If you plan on casting a vote in November's general election, the clock is ticking - unlike past elections, you have to enrol well before Election Day this year to get your say at the ballot box.
NZ Herald
More than 15,000 eligible voters in Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa have yet to enrol to have their say in this year’s general election. Of the 193,251 eligible...
RNZ
Auckland voters will continue to receive local government ballot papers with candidates listed by alphabetical order, despite some councillors labelling it unfair.
Salon.com
Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are polling well with a clean government message
Collected stories and commentary, from Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere, on the peoples' choice in action and threats to democracy. Keep Reading
RNZ
Explainer - If you plan on casting a vote in November's general election, the clock is ticking - unlike past elections, you have to enrol well before Election Day this year to get your say at the ballot box.
Collected stories and commentary, from Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere, on the peoples' choice in action and threats to democracy. Keep Reading
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