70,000 Voters Removed from the Electoral Roll
About 70,000 local election enrolment packs have bounced back to Registrars of Electors marked ‘gone no address’.
The Electoral Commission mailed update packs to the 3.1 million people on the electoral roll at the start of July, to make sure everyone who’s eligible is correctly enrolled to vote in this year’s local elections.
“If you are one of the 70,000 or so voters whose pack has come back to us because you’ve moved house and not updated your enrolment details, you have been removed from the electoral roll, and won’t be able to vote unless you re-enrol,” says Murray Wicks, National Manager, Enrolment Services.
“Local elections are held by postal vote, so it’s really important that we get people enrolled at the correct address and ready to have their say,” says Mr Wicks.
“Getting back on the roll is easy - go online at elections.org.nz, freetext your name and address to 3676, call 0800 36 76 56 or go to any PostShop,” says Mr Wicks
People have until August 16 to enrol in time to receive their voting papers in the mail.
To put the number of people who have been removed from the roll in perspective:
- 70,000 is the total population of the New Plymouth district
- 70,000 people participated in the 2013 Ports of Auckland Round the Bays run
- 70,000 kiwi live in the wild in New Zealand
- 70,000 teachers work in New Zealand’s pre-schools and schools
Voters removed from Electoral roll by Local Authority
|
|
Number Removed |
% of Roll Total |
|
|
Number Removed |
% of Roll Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Far North District |
768 |
2.0 |
|
Horowhenua District |
459 |
2.0 |
|
Whangarei District |
1,286 |
2.3 |
|
Kapiti Coast District |
676 |
1.8 |
|
Kaipara District |
290 |
2.2 |
|
Porirua City |
237 |
0.6 |
|
Auckland |
20,523 |
2.0 |
|
Upper Hutt City |
673 |
2.2 |
|
Thames-Coromandel District |
318 |
1.5 |
|
Lower Hutt City |
1,628 |
2.3 |
|
Hauraki District |
272 |
2.0 |
|
Wellington City |
5,020 |
3.5 |
|
Waikato District |
814 |
1.9 |
|
Masterton District |
267 |
1.5 |
|
Matamata-Piako District |
503 |
2.2 |
|
Carterton District |
136 |
2.1 |
|
Hamilton City |
3,066 |
3.1 |
|
South Wairarapa District |
194 |
2.6 |
|
Waipa District |
699 |
2.1 |
|
Tasman District |
760 |
2.1 |
|
Otorohanga District |
161 |
2.7 |
|
Nelson City |
1,159 |
3.2 |
|
South Waikato District |
285 |
1.9 |
|
Marlborough District |
688 |
2.1 |
|
Waitomo District |
164 |
2.8 |
|
Kaikoura District |
71 |
2.6 |
|
Taupo District |
604 |
2.6 |
|
Buller District |
212 |
2.7 |
|
Western Bay Of Plenty District |
599 |
1.8 |
|
Grey District |
224 |
2.2 |
|
Tauranga City |
2,115 |
2.4 |
|
Westland District |
139 |
2.3 |
|
Rotorua District |
1,061 |
2.3 |
|
Hurunui District |
149 |
1.8 |
|
Whakatane District |
424 |
1.9 |
|
Waimakariri District |
950 |
2.6 |
|
Kawerau District |
59 |
1.3 |
|
Christchurch City |
7,923 |
3.1 |
|
Opotiki District |
151 |
2.8 |
|
Selwyn District |
658 |
2.2 |
|
Gisborne District |
510 |
1.6 |
|
Ashburton District |
412 |
1.9 |
|
Wairoa District |
75 |
1.5 |
|
Timaru District |
557 |
1.6 |
|
Hastings District |
927 |
1.8 |
|
MacKenzie District |
37 |
1.3 |
|
Napier City |
926 |
2.2 |
|
Waimate District |
125 |
2.2 |
|
Central Hawke's Bay District |
160 |
1.7 |
|
Chatham Islands Territory |
2 |
0.6 |
|
New Plymouth District |
1,133 |
2.0 |
|
Waitaki District |
337 |
2.1 |
|
Stratford District |
139 |
2.2 |
|
Central Otago District |
298 |
2.1 |
|
South Taranaki District |
441 |
2.5 |
|
Queenstown-Lakes District |
403 |
2.2 |
|
Ruapehu District |
225 |
3.0 |
|
Dunedin City |
2,441 |
2.7 |
|
Wanganui District |
635 |
2.0 |
|
Clutha District |
210 |
1.7 |
|
Rangitikei District |
255 |
2.5 |
|
Southland District |
457 |
2.3 |
|
Manawatu District |
430 |
2.2 |
|
Gore District |
158 |
1.7 |
|
Palmerston North City |
1,687 |
3.0 |
|
Invercargill City |
841 |
2.1 |
|
Tararua District |
226 |
1.8 |
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