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A generation being disenfranchised in plain sight
Almost half an entire generation of potential new voters are being disenfranchised in plain sight, with just 95 days to go until the General Election on November 7. More than 80% of new voters have already been disenfranchised in the election last year of ‘representatives’ in our largest, youngest and most ethnically diverse city: Auckland.
The number of missing young voters is set to top a quarter of a million, which is more than voted in total for ACT and 50% more than voted in total for NZ First at the last election. It is almost 10 times the 1.08% margin over the 5% threshold that NZ…
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