ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE TO ENROL TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION

Anyone not yet enrolled to vote has just a few days left to get on the roll to ensure their vote counts on election day, Saturday 26 November.

“Time hasn’t run out to enrol just yet – but it will shortly!” says the Electoral Enrolment Centre’s Murray Wicks.

“The last chance to enrol is Friday 25 November. You cannot enrol on Election Day.”

Enrolment levels across the country have improved, with 92.6% of eligible voters now on the roll. But there are still 240,000 eligible voters who are not enrolled or ready to vote on Election Day.

“The countdown to Election Day is almost complete. Anyone who hasn’t taken action and enrolled can’t leave it any longer. They must get an enrolment form, fill it in and get it back to us by Friday 25 November.

“To make sure your enrolment form reaches us in time the easiest thing to do is pick one up at a PostShop and fill it in and hand it to the staff there and then. It only takes a minute,” says Murray Wicks.

You can also get an enrolment form by Freetexting your name and address to 3676 or by calling 0800 36 76 56 or from www.elections.org.nz.

“There are still people in all our communities who haven’t heeded the message to enrol for this year’s election. Your vote matters, but it will only count if you are enrolled. Enrol today.”

More information about enrolling and voting is available from www.elections.org.nz.

For local information contact:

Registrar of Electors

Contact details: http://www.elections.org.nz/enrolment/roe-contacts.html

For national information contact:

Murray Wicks, National Manager, Electoral Enrolment Centre

Phone - 04 801 0701 or 027 249 4508

Email - murray.wicks@elections.org.nz

Or

Anastasia Turnbull, Manager Communications and Education, Electoral Commission

Phone - 04 494 8205 or 027 474 3997

Email - anastasia.turnbull@elections.govt.nz