Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 22, 2020 1:45:29 GMT 12
PETITIONS FOR AND AGAINST NEW PLYMOUTH MĀORI WARD REFERENDUM BATTLING FOR SIGNATURES
Public opinion on the establishment of a Māori ward in New Plymouth appears to be a close-run contest, if petitions on either side of the debate are anything to go by.
Forcing a referendum would require signatures from five per cent of electors – about 2874 people – to be handed into council by February 22, 2021.
Councillor Murray Chong, who organised the petition, said he had about 40 per cent of the total needed so far, or about 1149 signatures.
To force a referendum, Chong’s petition must be entirely physical – not online.
“It has to have handwritten signatures with complete full names, as on the electoral roll,” Chong said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/123098582/petitions-for-and-against-new-plymouth-mori-ward-referendum-battling-for-signatures
Public opinion on the establishment of a Māori ward in New Plymouth appears to be a close-run contest, if petitions on either side of the debate are anything to go by.
Forcing a referendum would require signatures from five per cent of electors – about 2874 people – to be handed into council by February 22, 2021.
Councillor Murray Chong, who organised the petition, said he had about 40 per cent of the total needed so far, or about 1149 signatures.
To force a referendum, Chong’s petition must be entirely physical – not online.
“It has to have handwritten signatures with complete full names, as on the electoral roll,” Chong said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/123098582/petitions-for-and-against-new-plymouth-mori-ward-referendum-battling-for-signatures