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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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

-----Original Message-----
From: Adele Redmond [mailto:[FOI #3467 email]]
Sent: Monday, 21 December 2015 6:06 p.m.
To: Kristina Temel
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request

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

-----Original Message-----

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_...

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