READ MORE:* Inaugural Hamilton Soapbox session showcases mayoral contenders Andrew King, Lisa Lewis* Hamilton mayoral candidates Paula Southgate, Jack Gielen make their soapbox pitch* Hamilton mayoral contenders Mike West, Angela O'Leary step onto the Hamilton Soapbox* Hamilton mayoral candidate Louise Hutt delivers soapbox talkThere were four short phone calls. It turns out we're eligible to vote in the Hamilton election, even though we don't live there. RNZ RNZ’s podcast The Detail: Local body boredom - why every council election is a fizzerSo why aren't more people exercising their right to vote? The lowest voter turnouts in the last local government elections were from four councils in Waikato. The more decentralised a country is, the more citizens are interested in local elections, and the more they vote.

Source: Stuff October 04, 2019 15:56 UTC