Kia ora R Gavey

 

Thank you for your request.

 

I am acknowledging receipt of your Official Information Act request ‘For
the number of prisoners who have been disqualified from voting by s
80(1)(d) of the Electoral Act 1993 since 2015, with detail; and if
possible, the percentage of Maori prisoners who were removed from the
electoral roll between 2004-2010 (per year). This relates to a request
made in 2011, see https://fyi.org.nz/request/prisoner_voti...,
received 4 July 2018.

 

Under the Official Information Act, we have 20 working days for response.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri  

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34 – 42 Manners Street | Wellington | 6140 | New
Zealand

Phone +64 4 495 0030 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]http://www.elections.org.nz

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-----Original Message-----
From: R Gavey [mailto:[FOI #8224 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2018 2:05 p.m.
To: OIA/LGOIMA requests at Electoral Commission
Subject: Official Information request - Number of prisoners disqualified
by s 80(1)(d)

 

Dear Electoral Commission,

 

I would like to make a request under the Official Information Act 1982 for
the number of prisoners who have been disqualified from voting by s
80(1)(d) of the Electoral Act 1993 since 2015.

 

More specifically, I would like the following information between
2015-2018 (per year):

- The number of s 81 notifications issued by prison managers to remove
prisoners from the electoral roll

- The number of sentenced prisoners without a current enrolment record

- The number of sentenced prisoners removed from the electoral roll

- The number of sentenced prisoners removed from the roll of Māori descent

Note that a similar request was made in 2015 by Kate Stone (see her
Masters thesis: (Re)claiming the Right to Vote:  Prisoner
disenfranchisement and Māori political equality).

 

If possible, I would also like to request the percentage of Maori
prisoners who were removed from the electoral roll between 2004-2010 (per
year). This relates to a request made in 2011, see
https://fyi.org.nz/request/prisoner_voti...

 

Yours faithfully,

 

R Gavey

 

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Kia ora R Gavey,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request of 4 July 2018. Please
find attached the response prepared on behalf of the Electoral Commission.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Aimee Bell | Advisor Legal | Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take
Kōwhiri  

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington

Phone +64 4 806 3538 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]http://www.elections.org.nz

 

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privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that you must not use, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail message
or its attachments. If you received this message in error, please notify
the Electoral Commission by telephone (call collect: 00-64-4-495-0030) or
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you.
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