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Stuff has an article up about last years local body elections in Auckland. As usual when it comes to politics as reported by mainstream media, the interesting parts are at the end. The target had been to achieve a turnout of 40 per cent, but…
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Amid calls to install online voting from the technologically illiterate who are appear to be unaware of the risks, there is clear disagreement from those who do know the risks. Politicians should listen to them. The current debate centers around the continuing failure of postal…
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So, thanks to the fact that we have a fixed term for local elections, we have 284 days until the next election. That's right, it's local election time on the 12th of October. I've been reading some interesting ideas on reporting on elections and rather…
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As a professional computer programmer and someone who has been involved in politics for decades, I'm always amazed at fools like this idiot Malcolm Alexander talking about something that they clearly don't understand the technicalities of. Local Government New Zealand chief executive Malcolm Alexander said it was…