Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Things I have learned running RockEnrol

Alastair Thompson

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 20:24:37 +1200

Hi Laura,

Well from this political pundits POV what you did was amazing. The energy that you threw at everything and the eternal optimism was inspirational. I am sorry you didn't get the financial support you needed but on the smell of an oily rag you accomplished something pretty remarkable.…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 11:19:33 +1200

The EC has not covered itself in glory in this election campaign.
Opened themselves up to very serious questions. Bias isn't impossible and can't be ruled out: it needs to be considered.
But without that, the stupid rulings on what constitutes political advertising need to be challenged. We need a…

Richard Aston

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 10:15:38 +1200

EC has not covered itself in glory in this election campaign.

But they could have if they had backed RockEnrol

Richard Aston

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 10:13:44 +1200

Good on ya Laura , sounded tough in places but I bet you made a huge difference in upping the participation rate, especially the youth vote.
Respect.

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 10:07:10 +1200

Several commenters have argued that this is not polititally neutral. The most the EC has done is to state that someone in the office saw it, they thought it was a cool clip (for other reason) and they can’t control the presentation of TVNZ’s content.

Wow. Given how hard the…

MsBehaviour

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 09:35:10 +1200

I met Laura at the Live the Dream social incubator earlier this year. She's an inspiration and her work gives me hope for our future. Much respect.

izogi

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 09:00:22 +1200

That is so wrong. Their rules need upgrading.

It’s also interesting because the Electoral Commission’s own I Vote NZ facebook page on Wednesday posted a link to a TVNZ clip which ended with some statement about “A winner will be found” over the top of John Key.

Several commenters have…

Ben Austin

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 04:53:22 +1200

Very inspiring, especially the leaving London part!

tussock

Fri, 19 Sept 2014 01:06:19 +1200

Where is the inspiration in that?
Sort of doomed at that, aren't you? Not allowed to stand up for policy. It's the policy that actually changes people's lives, which is why certain parties minimise the presence of theirs and work on personality games.

Telling young folk to dig through reams…

Rob Stowell

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 22:12:32 +1200

Great idea, and so much good work. We've all got ot keep at it.

Bruce Clark

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 22:02:35 +1200

Hi – hope you don't mind my emailing again – have written song "Dirty POlitics" please pass on to as many as you can and have a listen yourself – you'll like it – -all the best- bruce – http://youtu.be/dTZdbmXSNWI

Katharine Moody

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 21:34:43 +1200

The campaign has been impressive – as have been the achievements. I was really thankful you guys gave me the opportunity via Action Station to contribute to The Herald page and same goes for the petition to the GG. It's really disappointing to hear that the EC cancelled your Field…

stephen clover

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 18:57:34 +1200

Awesome work, Laura (and team.) Respect.

Rebecca Williams

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 18:11:54 +1200

anyone encouraging the younger voter to get in there is alright in my book. keep it up!

Sacha

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 16:15:58 +1200

The Electoral Commission fired us as Field Workers because a follower on our Facebook page posted a picture of “John Key: Not Wanted” on our wall and because we weren’t quick enough to remove it, they suggested we must have political leanings. They also stopped NZ On Air from being…

Public Address

Thu, 18 Sept 2014 16:15:58 +1200

Discussion from blog post.