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Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister of Justice| Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage | Minister
for Media and Communications | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

Freepost: Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6011

Good afternoon,

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 30 April 2025, where you requested:

Please provide any official information you may hold in relation to the proposed total ban on prisoners voting in general elections.

For thoroughness (but not exclude other information held), please make sure you cover any information held in relation to:
- likelihood and predicted costs to the government of legal challenges (noting the previous High Court, and Waitangi Tribunal findings)
- any advice relating to such blanket bans disproportionally impacting any group covered by the prohibited grounds for discrimination under the human rights act.
- any communications with ministerial aides, government agencies, or lobby groups

We received your request on 30 April 2025. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 28 May 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

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