Dropkicks, and their effect on elections in Aotearoa New Zealand
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From: Simon Green
Dear David Seymour,
The coalition agreement provides that all coalition policies must be evidence based.
I write to you to request all documents available regarding dropkicks and their effects on elections in Aotearoa New Zealand. I request the formal definition of dropkick and your evidence to suggest that dropkicks are negatively impacting electoral processes. I request the evidence you used to determine that making sure dropkicks must be registered to vote before election day will positively influence both the speed and quality of elections in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Green
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Dear Simon
Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:
“ all documents available regarding dropkicks and their effects on
elections in Aotearoa New Zealand. I request the formal definition of
dropkick and your evidence to suggest that dropkicks are negatively
impacting electoral processes. I request the evidence you used to
determine that making sure dropkicks must be registered to vote before
election day will positively influence both the speed and quality of
elections in Aotearoa New Zealand”
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Friday 22 August 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
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