Archive for: election

Ban On Candidates On Platforms

Ban On Candidates On Platforms

Should election candidates be banned from railway platforms? It sounded rather over the top for a Labour candidate to be ordered off the Onehunga station by a bellowing...

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Call For Local Voting Change

Call For Local Voting Change

A local government specialist lecturer predicts that voter turnout in local body elections will continue to decline because of confusion over the “mishmash”...

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11% Votes In So Far

11% Votes In So Far

A week into the three-week voting period for the Auckland supercouncil election, 11.1% of voting documents have been returned. This compares with 9.4% at the same...

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Mark Ross for Supermayor?

Mark Ross for Supermayor?

Still working out who to vote for as Auckland’s first supermayor? 27 year old Mark Ross, a courier driver from Christchurch has launched his campaign, saying:...

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Property Man To Stand

Property Man To Stand

Another Auckland super-mayoral candidate has declared himself today - property management specialist and March for Democracy organiser Colin Craig. He told...

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