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MMP, just ask me, expert tells Porirua voters
MMP EXPLAINED: Nick Leggett (right) and Nigel Roberts at Pataka. BEFORE this week, none of Madeleine Rose’s family or friends understood the upcoming referendum on MMP. So they sent her along to a...
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Referendum street poll: Voters have no idea
With less than seven days until Election Day voters show little knowledge of this year’s election referendum on MMP and the other voting systems. Of all those spoken to by NewsWire in a street poll...
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Referendum a hard sell for Electoral Commission
EARTHQUAKES AND rugby matches have added to the challenge of the MMP referendum as the Electoral Commission tries to hold people’s attention and educate voters. Political scientist Nigel Roberts...
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Older voters have a handle on referendum
By Katie McAlister and Siena Yates OLDER people are more clued up about the upcoming referendum while younger voters remain uninformed and apathetic. A Newswire poll showed only 30% of those asked...
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Have we learned anything from past referendums?
REFERENDUMS are not always election-related. In the past they have been used, sometimes successfully, to change how gambling, military training, and saving money have been conducted in New Zealand. Up...
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Election anarchism more than just doing nothing
MORE than 20% of eligible voters did not vote in the last election and many anarchists will again be part of that statistic this time. Unlike those who cannot be bothered to turn up on the day,...
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Kris wins, but Nats take party vote in Mana
NATIONAL MP Hekia Parata missed out on winning the Mana electorate again, but her party had a big night. Kris Faafoi was the winning candidate for Mana, with 1875 votes between him and Mrs Parata (far...
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Advance referendum votes opt to keep MMP
SOURCE: Electoral Commission website A MAJORITY of advance voters are opting to keep MMP in the referendum with around 54% showing support for the system. Voters from the Maori seats have shown the...
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US voting systems bears little resemblance to NZ
By Regan Roberts and Jean Eltringham New Zealanders could be forgiven for not understanding US voting systems. Unlike New Zealand’s Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP), where New...
View ArticlePerseverance required to defeat ‘dirty politics’
AROUND 250 people turned up to St Andrew’s Church in Wellington yesterday to hear investigative journalist Nicky Hager speak about his book ‘Dirty Politics’. Hager told those attending bloggers are...
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