Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it?
- Written by Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology
Marty Melville/AFP via Getty ImagesNew Zealand has a voter turnout problem. Although enrolment is compulsory for all eligible voters, casting a ballot is optional. And the number of people voting has been falling in both general and local body elections since the 1980s.
Enrolment is high, however, hitting 94.7% at the 2023 general election, the...
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