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PNG's government has been taken to task about preparation for next year's elections.

PNG's government has been taken to task about preparation for next year's elections.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own commissions. Many of the proposals will be controversial and will attract opposition, but most people, not realising that constituency boundaries are mainly a problem of the existing First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system, will probably accept that some changes are necessary even if they don’t like the changes that affect them. Also, most won’t realise that fair boundaries are impossible with FPTP. The Government set the Boundaries Commissions the contradictory task of creating equal-sized constituencies and keeping natural com...

Colin Wilson – Independent Hutt City Council Electoral Officer Bruce Hodgins says this is the highest number of candidates for a ward by-election in Lower Hutt that he is aware of. “It’s pleasing to see this level of interest from the community in the by-election,” says Bruce Hodgins. Candidate profiles will be online next week at huttcity.govt.nz/centralward. Voting will be by postal vote with voting papers starting to arrive in the mail to households in the Central Ward from 19 August 2021. Voting will close at noon on 10 September. Those not already enrolled to vote in local govern...

Colin Wilson - Independent Hutt City Council Electoral Officer Bruce Hodgins says this is the highest number of candidates for a ward by-election in Lower Hutt that he is aware of. "It’s pleasing to see this level of interest from the community in the by-election," says Bruce Hodgins. Candidate profiles will be online next week at huttcity.govt.nz/centralward. Voting will be by postal vote with voting papers starting to arrive in the mail to households in the Central Ward from 19 August 2021. Voting will close at noon on 10 September 2021. Those not already enrolled to vote in local governm...