Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 15, 2020 4:15:24 GMT 12
MĀORI DEMANDING BETTER FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2020
Whatever new arrangements may be put in place in response to Covid 19 for the General Election 2020, the Electoral Commission have been questioned as to what changes they have made to ensure the multiple problems experienced by Māori voters in the last election are not repeated.
“At the last election we had an undermining of our democracy in that some Māori voters were not assisted, but rather prevented, from exercising our basic right to participate in the election due to the ignorance, negligence, and in some instances outright prejudice of some voting booth staff” claims Tawhai.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2008/S00186/maori-demanding-better-from-electoral-commission-2020.htm
Whatever new arrangements may be put in place in response to Covid 19 for the General Election 2020, the Electoral Commission have been questioned as to what changes they have made to ensure the multiple problems experienced by Māori voters in the last election are not repeated.
“At the last election we had an undermining of our democracy in that some Māori voters were not assisted, but rather prevented, from exercising our basic right to participate in the election due to the ignorance, negligence, and in some instances outright prejudice of some voting booth staff” claims Tawhai.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2008/S00186/maori-demanding-better-from-electoral-commission-2020.htm