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Kia ora James

 

We are acknowledging your Official Information request, received Tuesday
11 June 2024, requesting:

 

Under the OIA I would like to please request the following:

Media:
Acting Electoral Commission chair Jane Meares told Checkpoint concerns had
been raised over the use of the marae as a voting place.
But she said the marae, like all voting places, had been carefully
assessed, and the assessment found it was appropriate.
"It was recommended to us by the community, because it's extensively used
by them, because health services are provided there.
"Acknowledging that people need the opportunity to vote at a range of
voting places at an electorate, and having assurances that the candidate
would not be involved in any way at the voting place, we decided that we
would use it."

As such, please provide all correspondence /communications internal and
external regarding the community recommendations that the Marae should be
used as a voting centre. This should include but not be limited to initial
recommendations from the community, through to final approval and include
all texts, emails, meeting minutes etc.

Please provide all communications relating to the assurances that the
candidate would not be involved at the voting place.

We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable within
the 20 working days.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri 

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington |
[1]vote.nz | [2]elections.nz

 

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Here is an enquiry from James
([4][FOI #27214 email]).

 

 

 

From: James

Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:22 pm

Dear Electoral Commission,

Under the OIA I would like to please request the following:

Media:
Acting Electoral Commission chair Jane Meares told Checkpoint concerns had
been raised over the use of the marae as a voting place.
But she said the marae, like all voting places, had been carefully
assessed, and the assessment found it was appropriate.
"It was recommended to us by the community, because it's extensively used
by them, because health services are provided there.
"Acknowledging that people need the opportunity to vote at a range of
voting places at an electorate, and having assurances that the candidate
would not be involved in any way at the voting place, we decided that we
would use it."

As such, please provide all correspondence /communications internal and
external regarding the community recommendations that the Marae should be
used as a voting centre. This should include but not be limited to initial
recommendations from the community, through to final approval and include
all texts, emails, meeting minutes etc.

Please provide all communications relating to the assurances that the
candidate would not be involved at the voting place.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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Kia ora James

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

In the interests of transparency, we release responses to Official
Information Act requests every three months. We will publish this response
with your personal details redacted on elections.nz.

 

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to make a complaint to
the Ombudsman if you are not satisfied with the response to your request.
Information about how to do this is available at ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by phoning 0800 802 602.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

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From: OIA Enquiries <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 1:46 PM
To: [FOI #27214 email]
Subject: RE: [Enquiry Subject] Official Information request -
Recommendations

 

Kia ora James

 

We are acknowledging your Official Information request, received Tuesday
11 June 2024, requesting:

 

Under the OIA I would like to please request the following:

Media:
Acting Electoral Commission chair Jane Meares told Checkpoint concerns had
been raised over the use of the marae as a voting place.
But she said the marae, like all voting places, had been carefully
assessed, and the assessment found it was appropriate.
"It was recommended to us by the community, because it's extensively used
by them, because health services are provided there.
"Acknowledging that people need the opportunity to vote at a range of
voting places at an electorate, and having assurances that the candidate
would not be involved in any way at the voting place, we decided that we
would use it."

As such, please provide all correspondence /communications internal and
external regarding the community recommendations that the Marae should be
used as a voting centre. This should include but not be limited to initial
recommendations from the community, through to final approval and include
all texts, emails, meeting minutes etc.

Please provide all communications relating to the assurances that the
candidate would not be involved at the voting place.

We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable within
the 20 working days.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri 

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington |
[4]vote.nz | [5]elections.nz

 

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Here is an enquiry from James
([7][FOI #27214 email]).

 

 

 

From: James

Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:22 pm

Dear Electoral Commission,

Under the OIA I would like to please request the following:

Media:
Acting Electoral Commission chair Jane Meares told Checkpoint concerns had
been raised over the use of the marae as a voting place.
But she said the marae, like all voting places, had been carefully
assessed, and the assessment found it was appropriate.
"It was recommended to us by the community, because it's extensively used
by them, because health services are provided there.
"Acknowledging that people need the opportunity to vote at a range of
voting places at an electorate, and having assurances that the candidate
would not be involved in any way at the voting place, we decided that we
would use it."

As such, please provide all correspondence /communications internal and
external regarding the community recommendations that the Marae should be
used as a voting centre. This should include but not be limited to initial
recommendations from the community, through to final approval and include
all texts, emails, meeting minutes etc.

Please provide all communications relating to the assurances that the
candidate would not be involved at the voting place.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
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Is [9][Electoral Commission request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Electoral Commission? If so, please contact us using this
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