READ MORE:* Wellington's dwindling voter turnout for local body elections* Last-ditch pleas made to lift voter turnout* Labour suggests online voting, compulsory votingWithin New Zealand, a report strongly supportive of e-voting and written by a senior council officer in Auckland has been recycled, repeatedly. But if you look at the Canadian case, it actually states that e-voting may have a positive impact on voter turnout. In order to address the multiple challenges underpinning the low voter turnout, we should concentrate on foundational issues. JOHN BISSET/STUFF Timaru District Council is doing its best to lift turnout, but there are multiple issues underlying the low vote nationwide. The issue of low voter turnout has nothing to do with a lack of interest in politics per se; that much is clear from recent events.

Source: Stuff October 09, 2019 16:01 UTC