Voting in New Zealand Local Government Elections: The Need to Encourage Greater Voter Turnout

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aut.relation.endpage97
aut.relation.issue24en_NZ
aut.relation.journalCOMMONWEALTH JOURNAL OF LOCAL GOVERNANCEen_NZ
aut.relation.pages19
aut.relation.startpage79
aut.researcherWebster, Karen
dc.contributor.authorAsquith, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Ken_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCardow, Aen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-09T04:00:23Z
dc.date.available2022-09-09T04:00:23Z
dc.date.copyright2021-06-01en_NZ
dc.date.issued2021-06-01en_NZ
dc.description.abstractWithin a global context, local government in New Zealand occupies an enviable position: it enjoys both a statutorily-defined ‘power of general competence’ and financial autonomy from central government. However, despite this, voter turnout rates in New Zealand local elections continue to fall as ever fewer New Zealanders engage in this fundamental act of civic engagement. This review article examines the decline in voting over the last four New Zealand local government elections (2010/13/16/19). It aims to do three things: plot the decline; identify and analyse the causes of this decline; and suggest ways in which the decline might be countered. The authors reach the conclusion that local government in New Zealand is at a crossroads – it will either be rejuvenated as a source of local democracy and prosper, or decline into an administrative arm of central government.
dc.identifier.citationCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (24), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi24.7541
dc.identifier.doi10.5130/cjig.vi24.7541en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1836-0394en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15434
dc.languageEnglishen_NZ
dc.publisherUTS ePressen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/7541
dc.rights© 2021 Andy Asquith, Karen Webster and Andrew Cardow. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen_NZ
dc.subjectPublic Administrationen_NZ
dc.subjectLocal governmenten_NZ
dc.subjectElectionsen_NZ
dc.subjectCitizen engagementen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectParty-politicizationen_NZ
dc.subjectParticipationen_NZ
dc.titleVoting in New Zealand Local Government Elections: The Need to Encourage Greater Voter Turnouten_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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