Monday 15
September Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take
Kōwhiri
Didn’t Get Your Easyvote Pack?
You Need to Enrol Now.
If you didn’t get an
EasyVote pack in the mail last week, you need to check your
enrolment now as you may not be enrolled.
“To vote in
this weekend’s general election, you must enrol now,”
says Murray Wicks, National Manager, Enrolment Services.
“If you didn’t get your EasyVote pack, check and enrol
now. You can’t enrol on election day.”
Enrolment
closes this Friday, the day before election day.
“If
you’re not enrolled yet, do it now,” says Mr Wicks.
“It’s the only way to make sure your voice is heard and
your vote counted on election day.”
Enrolling is easy:
to get an enrolment form Freetext your name and address to
3676, go to www.elections.org.nz, visit any PostShop
or call 0800 36 76 56.
More information about enrolling
and voting is available from www.elections.org.nz.
Latest enrolment
statistics are available here:
www.elections.org.nz/research-statistics/enrolment-statistics-electorate
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