No campaigning allowed and media outlets unable to publish anything that may influence voters on New Zealand election day
About 1 million of New Zealand’s 3.5 million eligible voters cast their ballot ahead of the 14 October election day.About 1 million of New Zealand’s 3.5 million eligible voters cast their ballot ahead of the 14 October election day.New Zealanders will head to the polls on Saturday for the final day of voting in the nation’s 54th general election, as some unusual election laws kick in to restrict campaigning and coverage.
At midnight ahead of each election, political campaigning must cease, the news media is prohibited from publishing new political stories, and thousands of political party signs that populate busy traffic intersections must come down. “You then cast your vote much in the same way as when you go to church and you make a little prayer to God.”
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