Breakdown of votes in 2015 flag referendum
Adele Redmond made this Official Information request to Electoral Commission
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From: Adele Redmond
Dear Electoral Commission,
I would like to request data relating to all votes cast in the 2015 New Zealand flag referendum. I would like a breakdown of the votes cast in each region of the country. I would like please:
* The total number of eligible voters in each region.
* A breakdown of the total number of votes received from each region.
* The status of these votes (ie: incomplete, invalid etc)
* The number of votes each flag design received in each region.
Yours faithfully,
Adele Redmond.
From: Kristina Temel
Dear Ms Redmond,
Thank you for your e-mail of 12 December 2015 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (‘the Act’) a breakdown of all votes cast in
the 2015 New Zealand flag referendum in each region of the country,
specifically:
· The total number of eligible voters in each region.
· A breakdown of the total number of votes received from each
region.
· The status of these votes (ie: incomplete, invalid etc)
· The number of votes each flag design received in each region.
By region I presume you mean by electorate. That is the only information
that we hold.
The total number of eligible voters in each electorate and the total votes
received is available in the turnout by electorate report which is
available here
[1]http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/2015_...
The status of the votes as either valid or invalid can be seen in the
table. Total Invalid Votes can be calculated by subtracting Total Valid
Votes from Total Votes Received.
Further status breakdowns by electorate (for example informal votes) and
number of votes each flag design received by electorate is not available.
In a preferential vote, the calculation of the result has to be done at a
nationwide level and therefore no breakdown by electorate is available
from the referendum vote processing system.
For this reason this aspect of your request is declined under section
18(e) of the Act on the basis that the information is not available.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the Ombudsmen if you are not satisfied with the response to your request.
Yours sincerely
Kristina Temel
Electoral Commission
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1. http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/2015_...
From: Adele Redmond
Dear Kristina Temel,
Thank you for your reply. I understand it is a preferential vote, but I would have thought the votes collected from each electorate would have been tallied separately of other electorates. Is there a way to know the overall preferred flag design of an electorate based on preferential voting?
Yours sincerely,
Adele Redmond
From: Kristina Temel
I am out of the office returning on Tuesday 5 January 2016.
In my absence please contact Dean Shirley ([email address])
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From: Kristina Temel
Dear Ms Redmond,
Thank you for your further e-mail. No, there is no way of knowing the preferential vote result for each individual electorate.
Yours sincerely
Kristina Temel
Electoral Commission
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The turnout by electorate is available at
http://electionresults.govt.nz/2015_flag...
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