Could This Be the Solution to Low Voter Turnout at Local Elections?

Could this be the solution to low voter turnout at local elections?

THE FACTS By now you should have received those familiar orange envelopes containing your local body election papers. Have you opened them? Will you vote?...

Another local election, another low turnout? Syncing local and general elections could be the answer

Getty ImagesBy now you should have received those familiar orange envelopes containing your local body election papers. Have you opened them? Will you vote? And will you remember to post them back? These are important questions now that voting has opened. The results of these elections, which happen every three years, will shape how New Zealanders live, work and travel around the country’s small towns and big cities. But when voting closes on Oc…

Another local election, another low turnout?

Julia Talbot-Jones says syncing local and general elections could be the answer