A variety of radical reforms and technocratic tweaks are being proposed for fixing the problem of low voter turnout. Lots of supposed solutions are being bandied around in response to this year's low voter turnout - which currently stands at 41.8 per cent. But the must-read discussion of online voting is Julienne Molineaux's No silver bullet: Online voting and local elections. Voting fix number 5: Political parties in local electionsNew Zealand has a tradition of only very low level political party involvement in local government. Voting fix number 6: None of the abovePerhaps none of the above options will fix the problem.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2016 04:18 UTC