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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Early voting in this year's General Election has beaten the Electoral Commission's expectations, with estimates more than one million votes have already been cast.
More than 700,000 people had cast their votes early before the weekend, with another 500,000 estimated to have voted on Saturday and Sunday.
There were 1350 voting stations open on Saturday and 850 on Sunday to cope with demand, the Electoral Commission said. That number will jump to 2600 on election day.
Electoral Commission manager of voting services Graeme Astle told Morning Report the number early votes was pleasing.
"The really good thing is the number of votes that we've had so far, the 700,000, that's more than 50 percent up on 2017 both across the general and the Maori electorates. So we're delighted that people are getting out who are on both rolls and taking the opportunity to vote early."
Astle admitted that the rush of voters took his staff and volunteers by surprise but they are now keeping up with demand.
More than 700,000 people had cast their votes early before the weekend, with another 500,000 estimated to have voted on Saturday and Sunday.
There were 1350 voting stations open on Saturday and 850 on Sunday to cope with demand, the Electoral Commission said. That number will jump to 2600 on election day.
Electoral Commission manager of voting services Graeme Astle told Morning Report the number early votes was pleasing.
"The really good thing is the number of votes that we've had so far, the 700,000, that's more than 50 percent up on 2017 both across the general and the Maori electorates. So we're delighted that people are getting out who are on both rolls and taking the opportunity to vote early."
Astle admitted that the rush of voters took his staff and volunteers by surprise but they are now keeping up with demand.
Early voting in this year's General Election has beaten the Electoral Commission's expectations, with estimates more than one million votes have already been cast.
More than 700,000 people had cast their votes early before the weekend, with another 500,000 estimated to have voted on Saturday and...
Early voting in this year's General Election has beaten the Electoral Commission's expectations, with estimates more than one million votes have already been cast.
More than 700,000 people had cast their votes early before the weekend, with another 500,000 estimated to have voted on Saturday and Sunday.
There were 1350 voting stations open on Saturday and 850 on Sunday to cope with demand, the Electoral Commission said. That number will jump to 2600 on election day.
Electoral Commission manager of voting services Graeme Astle told Morning Report the number early votes was pleasing.
"The really good thing is the number of votes that we've had so far, the 700,000, that's more than 50 percent up on 2017 both across the general and the Maori electorates. So we're delighted that people are getting out who are on both rolls and taking the opportunity to vote early."
Astle admitted that the rush of voters took his staff and volunteers by surprise but they are now keeping up with demand.
More than 700,000 people had cast their votes early before the weekend, with another 500,000 estimated to have voted on Saturday and Sunday.
There were 1350 voting stations open on Saturday and 850 on Sunday to cope with demand, the Electoral Commission said. That number will jump to 2600 on election day.
Electoral Commission manager of voting services Graeme Astle told Morning Report the number early votes was pleasing.
"The really good thing is the number of votes that we've had so far, the 700,000, that's more than 50 percent up on 2017 both across the general and the Maori electorates. So we're delighted that people are getting out who are on both rolls and taking the opportunity to vote early."
Astle admitted that the rush of voters took his staff and volunteers by surprise but they are now keeping up with demand.
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