voting Archive

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  Thanks for voting Green! - by frog

  
  
  
  It was amazing to watch the votes coming in from around the country on Election Day. We received 10.62% of the vote, which means that we can bring at least 13 Green MPs into Parliament. So a big welcome to Eugenie Sage, Jan Logie, Steffan Browning, Denise Roche, Holly Walker, and Julie Anne Genter. There [...] read more
  November 28, 2011 11:35 am - 76 Comments
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  This is how crap FPP is – statistically speaking - by frog

  
  
  
  How inefficient is FPP, really? How many votes are wasted in an FPP electoral system? Someone with a statistics mind has come up with a way to measure this, and the results are a real eye opener… read more
  April 26, 2010 12:38 pm - 9 Comments
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  Good night - by frog

  
  
  
  As I understand the electoral law, I’m not allowed to post new web content tomorrow until the close of polling booths at 7pm. And from 7pm onwards I intend to be at the Green Party Party, not in front of a computer typing.  So this is me signing off for the day.  Expect coverage to [...] read more
  November 7, 2008 8:29 pm - 18 Comments
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  Four polls in 12 hours - by frog

  
  
  
  Fairfax Nielson has the Greens up to 8 percent, the Herald Digipoll up to 5.8 percent, TVNZ up to 9 percent, and TV3 also up to 9 percent. Improvements in four out of four ain’t bad.  I don’t know if Roy Morgan is also coming out today.  I assume so. It’s last result was 11.5 [...] read more
  November 7, 2008 7:01 am - 29 Comments
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  Queueing to vote - by frog

  
  
  
  It was astonishing to listen this morning to Morning Report’s Geoff Robinson interviewing US voters queuing for hours to be able to cast votes.  Every time I have ever voted I’ve just walked right in and had my name ticked off.  No queues.  Seeing Americans investing that much time in voting is a powerful reminder [...] read more
  November 5, 2008 12:40 pm - 10 Comments
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  Is voting dangerous? - by frog

  
  
  
  Freakonomics covers a some research from the Journal of the American Medical Association that argues voting may be dangerous for your health. The New York Post remarks; The study found that on average, 24 more people died in car crashes during voting hours on presidential election days than on other October and November Tuesdays. That [...] read more
  October 7, 2008 1:58 pm - 6 Comments
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  Rayna Fahey: “vote global vote green” - by frog

  
  
  
  Melbourne based Rayna Fahey, number 28 on the Green Party list, is looking for overseas votes: read more
  August 26, 2008 2:06 pm - 23 Comments
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  Not voting makes you fat? - by frog

  
  
  
  Of course, if you were to follow Citizen Kate’s directions at the end of her video for getting on the roll to vote you would accidentally end up registering to vote in the USA, so you are probably better going here to enrol. (If you do end up accidentally enrolled for the US elections, you [...] read more
  August 14, 2008 2:11 pm - 3 Comments
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  Children’s rights - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s an interesting debate taking place on this earlier post about whether a teacher should have given the children she was supervising the option to participate in a protest on the lawn of parliament. This I think, highlights a common children’s advocacy issue – should we protect children and preserve their ‘innocence’, or should we [...] read more
  August 8, 2008 7:59 am - 73 Comments
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  Metiria gets personal - by frog

  
  
  
  Metiria launched the Greens’ youth policy last weekend with a fair amount of frankness: When I did it for the first time, I confess it wasn’t for love, it was for fun. My boyfriend and I had stayed out the whole night before and the next morning, still awake and restless we just thought, “Yeah, [...] read more
  August 5, 2008 10:46 am - 29 Comments
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  It’s irrational but I can’t help myself - by frog

  
  
  
  I just came across this post on Scienceblogs: The underlying assumption, of course, is that issues matter, that voters are fundamentally rational agents who vote for candidates based on a coherent set of principles. In other words, they assume that my political preferences reflect some mixture of ideology and selfish calculation. I’ll vote for the [...] read more
  July 24, 2008 10:01 am - 22 Comments
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  How to Vote from Overseas - by frog

  
  
  
  This gem appeared in my fan mail box during May: LazyBones wrote: Hey With the election coming up in NZ and many ex-pats (such as myself) keen to vote can you post some  information on how we go about this, who is eligible to vote, deadlines etc. Know this sounds lazy and should do it [...] read more
  June 8, 2008 8:51 pm - No Comments