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Tuesday 25 January

Botany Electorate Electoral Enrolment Centre

Tuesday 1 February Cut Off to Making Voting Easier in Botany by-Election

People in the Botany electorate have less than a week to enrol or update their enrolment details to make voting as easy as possible in the 5 March by-election.

“Tuesday 1 February is the cut off to ensure you get an EasyVote card in the mail and to get onto the printed electoral roll used in polling places and advance voting places,” says Maureen Hansen, Registrar of Electors, Botany Electorate.

“If you’ve moved house or flat and haven’t updated your address details with us you must re-enrol now.

“Young people, aged between 18 and 29, make up most of the not enrolled in the electorate. We are targeting these young people and I encourage them to get enrolled today,” says Mrs Hansen.

Enrolling is quick and easy. Enrolment forms are available from the elections website www.elections.org.nz, by Freetexting your name and address to 3676, from any PostShop or by calling Freephone 0800 ENROL NOW (0800 36 76 56). People can update their details by filling in a new enrolment form or going online to www.elections.org.nz.

“If you’ve got a friend, member of the family or someone new to the community who might not be ready to vote in the by-election please give them the message to enrol now,” says Mrs Hansen.

To be eligible to enrol in the Botany electorate you must: • Be 18 years of age or over; and • Be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident who has lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months at some time; and • Have been living in the Botany electorate for one month or more.

ENDS

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