The campaign has started to make it easy for people to take part in the Citizens Initiated Referendum on the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”
The Referendum runs from Friday 31 July until Friday 21 August, but to take part people need to be correctly enrolled before then.
“From today (Monday June 15) every household across the Auckland region will get a notice in their mail encouraging them to check they are enrolled to vote and that their details are up-to- date,” says Anna Kulkarni, Registrar of Electors
“This is the first Citizens Initiated Referendum to be held by postal vote, and only those people who are correctly enrolled will receive their voting papers.”
People needing to enrol or update their details should fill in an enrolment form. Enrolment forms are available from the elections website www.elections.org.nz, by Freetexting your name and address to 3676, from any PostShop or by calling Freephone 0800 36 76 56.
Voting opens on Friday 31 July and closes on Friday 21 August. Referendum voting papers will be sent to voters in the mail. People should post their voting papers back no later than Thursday 20 August to be sure they are returned on time.
Voters should tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the referendum voting paper in response to the referendum question, and return the voting paper in the envelope provided.
For more information visit www.elections.org.nz.