First votes in New Zealand general election to cast tomorrow
21/10/2008 17:31
The first votes in New Zealand' s general election will be cast from
tomorrow by voters who can't get to a polling place in their electorate on Nov.
8 Election Day.
Advance voting opens at 9:00 am tomorrow and closes at 6: 00
pm on Nov. 7.
"Advance voting makes voting easier for people who may be on
holiday, working or can't get to a polling place in their electorate on election
day for some reason," said Robert Peden, Chief Electoral Officer.
More than
250 advance voting places will be available for people to go to vote.
In 2005
197,938 or 8.59 percent of votes were advance votes, this compares to 132,609 or
6.45 percent in 2002.
Xinhua
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