Which two out of these three do politicians want:
- Cheap
- Fast
- Accurate?

Unless MPs are willing to pay for higher cost of Electoral Commission taking on more contractors or paying them overtime, the trade offs would be speed vs accuracy. Vote successes can have small margins so accuracy is important.

Cost and number of contractors hired? Does incoming PM really want those to be higher? #NZpol #NZVotes2023 #nzvotes
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/501607/boost-in-electoral-commission-funding-could-speed-up-counting-but-not-by-much-graeme-edgeler

One of the more interesting things when I was working for the Election Commission was finding out that of 5 people at the polling booth I was working at, 4 of us had birthdays in October, and 3 of us had birthdays on the same day (different years). Wild.
Two voters with the same birth date turned up and I told them about the coincidence - they were chuffed.

#NZElections #NZVotes2023

Just learned there will be results posted from 7pm at https://electionresults.govt.nz/

#NZPol #NZVote23 #NZVotes2023

Quick reminder that there's one party that put out their independently checked, fully costed plans very early and NO ONE has poked holes in them.

They may not like it, they may disagree... But it's got no holes.

💚🌴🌱☘️🐛🦕🥑🥦🍏🥝🥒🏞️🟢

#NZPol #NZVote23 #NZVotes2023

#NZpol Nz wealth tax. #NZVotes2023 Bishop’s trolling of Labour accusing of conniving for wealth tax could backfire. A majority of people want one https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/leary-rubbishes-bishops-roll-hipkins-claims

Thanks for the publicity Bishop.

I'm watching this wonderful insight into the NZ Greens political party. #CrazyBloodyGreens shot during and post the 2020 NZ election. I highly recommend this to #NZTwits to view and understand if you really want change then vote for a real change for good party.

#NZPol
#NZVotes23 #NZVotes2023 #VoteGreen #VoteForTheFuture

HT to @jdmcg for sharing.

https://vimeo.com/showcase/10656632

#AoNZ peeps! Advance voting for the general election starts NEXT MONDAY 2 October. You should be getting your voting packs in the mail over the next few days. Put your EasyVote card into your wallet so you'll have it with you.

Note that you don't NEED your Easyvote card to vote. It just makes things quicker and easier. No photo ID is required either!

A list of voting places is here: https://vote.nz/2023-general-election/how-to-vote/find-a-voting-place/

Happy voting, everyone! #NZVotes2023 #NZGE23 #NZpol

For anyone who missed this amazing #NZPol "Powerbrokers" debate.

Kei te whare te wahine toa

#NZVotes23
#NZVotes2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6k68wgwHA