Public Address | Cafe | Legal Beagle: Voting disqualifications (updated)

Ben Austin

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:51:39 +1300

I will need to look into this!

Hilary Stace

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:41:51 +1300

I remember it as I was there at the time but I'm not sure whether any of this has been formally written up. There have been pieces written about Martyn Finlay as he was a long time Labour Party social justice activist and made a significant contribution to the Kirk…

Ben Austin

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:36:24 +1300

Hi Hilary,

Very interesting! Do you have any recommended readings on that topic?

Hilary Stace

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:03:33 +1300

The Holyoake/Marshall Government arrested people and put them in prison just so they couldn't vote in marginal seats. This happened in 1972 in Wellington Central when people could be jailed for protesting against compulsory military training, and the seat was narrowly won by National.

It took Martyn Finlay to bring…

Public Address

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:03:33 +1300

Discussion from blog post.