Battle for the future of the Green Party comes to a closeGETTY IMAGES Green Party MPs Marama Davidson and Julie Ann Genter listen to Green Party leader James Shaw speak at the relaunch of the Greens Party on August 13, 2017 in Auckland. READ MORE:* Green Party co-leadership debate between Marama Davidson and Julie Anne Genter* Both Green Party leadership candidates express doubt about budget rules* The Green Party has a real race on its hands as MPs battle to be the next co-leaderThe party's electoral-college style voting system could punish or reward both candidates. Each of the 71 electorates' Green Party branch will meet to decide how their delegates will vote over the next fortnight. That means Green strongholds like Wellington Central with hundreds of Green members only have as much vote as two electorates with 50 members between them. A lot of Green Party members are very much in favour of the argument best made by Morgan Godfery; that if they were to elect Genter, the Green Party would be the only major party with a fully Pakeha leadership team.

Source: Stuff March 26, 2018 05:16 UTC