Explainer - Radical overhaul is needed - that is the conclusion reached by a panel which spent two years reviewing the state of local government. RNZ has all you need to know.

This is a summary of the Future for Local Government report - He piki tūranga, he piki kōtuku.

Recommendations that stood out to me were reducing the voting age for local elections to 16, implementing ranked voting (STV), and increasing the term limits to four years.

Also, not mentioned in RNZ’s summary is the recommendation that the number of local councils is reduced from 80 to about 15.

  • flambonksciousEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The sheets are already ordered randomly when printed - you’re arguing about t something that’s already solved

    (or so I’m told! I haven’t actually compared yep voting ballots beside each other, but I understand this is already the status quo)

    Personally, I’m opposed to the idea of ticking someone I only kind of like that’s in a major party, likely to get many votes - I like that with STV, the ranking is very clear