This is news to me, so possibly to you. From Larry Baldock's newsletter:
The Kiwi Party will not be contesting the general election this year. The response we have had from the vast majority of our members has encouraged us to work with the Conservative Party. Therefore many of us will be standing as Conservative Party (CP) candidates and taking significant places on the CP list. At this stage it looks likely that the CP will have at least 30 candidates in electorates across the country and with over 1200 signed up members the CP is now ready to compete for votes on November 26.
In 2010 Colin Craig launched a campaign for the Auckland Super City Mayoralty as a completely unknown candidate and achieved the stunning result of 3rd place with over 8% of the vote. Eligible voters in that election represented 32.5% of all voters in New Zealand.
Could Colin achieve a similar result nationwide in this campaign?
One of the keys for any small party, as you will know from past elections, is whether the party can win an electorate seat and therefore become eligible for list candidates to be elected to Parliament. Polling conducted by Research First has Colin ahead of the new National candidate Mark Mitchell, in the Rodney electorate. Voters nationwide therefore can be encouraged to give their Party vote to the Conservative Party knowing that every vote will count towards increasing the number of MPs that will be elected.
They don't interest me but are going to make it harder for ACT.
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6 comments:
Suggest you get interested Lindsay.Colin got 40,000 odd votes as a Mayoral candidate.He has Binding Referenda as party policy and no other party will even mention it.
There was an attempt to introduce Binding Referenda and the Constitution of the Swiss Federation as a model that we N Zers should adopt.That was in 1891. Sadly it never was adopted. They have no national debt and we have a whopper. There is a connection.
"every vote will ... make it harder for ACT"
Deserved comment for ACT of late would be better classed as a circus. The sooner the feeble corpse that is ACT succumbs, those truly right of centre might gain representation.
Don, do you think Banks will get 160,000 votes for Act across Auckland?
Nick
Oh God, these Binding Referenda people are insufferable. You can't have a majority of citizens deciding how much human rights you have! Do you know when Swiss women got the vote? 1974 is when! Give up on the referenda, they're two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.
Correction - it was 1971. Appenzel Canton did not give women the vote locally until 1989. Aren't referenda wonderful?
Hi Blair, thanks for the compliment.If you are happy for politicians to make all decisions for you without any checks on their competence, their behavior or whatever that's fine. I just happen to believe we can do better.
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