Andrew Geddis: Otago University Electoral Law Expert on the potential changes to voting and electoral day enrolments - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

A belief changes to electoral day enrolments addresses slow administrative process and voter slackness.  

The Government's looking to ban prisoner votes, stop free food and entertainment at voting stations, and enforce a 13-day pre-election enrolment rule to vote. 

Otago University Electoral Law Expert Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking same day enrolments require people to cast 'special votes', which take longer to process. 

He says the number of special votes has been increasing markedly over recent elections, so it's taking longer to get a result. 

Geddis denies the changes are deliberately aimed at negatively impacting the left. 

He says that special votes always result in more seats for the left, but whether or not that's a driving motivation behind the change is debatable.  

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