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New election law could scrap 55,000 votes - and not even speed up counting (www.stuff.co.nz)
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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The Electoral Commission’s projections of lost votes came amid two days of oral submissions on proposals to bring forward the enrolment deadline to 13 days before the election, a move critics say could worsen voter turn-out, especially for those already unlikely to vote.

So it worsens voter turnout for those already unlikely to vote for the parties bringing the changes.