Tag: Elections
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Anti-smacking referendum timing (2)
From: http://www.stephenfranks.co.nz/?p=452 So the PM says she will get the Governor General to order that a postal poll be held next year. Parliament can stymie that scheme too. Section 22AB allows a majority vote in Parliament to require that the last day of postal voting be the date of the general election. The words are…
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John Armstrong: Election needn’t delay smacking referendum
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/466/story.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10518214 Wednesday June 25, 2008 By John Armstrong Your Views Do you support another attempt at a referendum on child discipline laws? Send us Your Views Read Your Views Register for Your Views The Smacking Debate Key backs election smacking referendum Unless the Prime Minister is planning to go to the country much earlier than…
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Govt creating renegade generation
THE FAMILY PARTY http://www.thefamilyparty.org.nz Govt creating renegade generation 24 June 2008. The Family Party is calling on the Prime Minister to acknowledge the concerns of the majority of New Zealanders by holding the smacking referendum at the General Election. In today’s NZ Herald Prime Minister Helen Clark has virtually ruled out a referendum on smacking…
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Plenty of time to organise a referendum
Hi Everyone, Kiwi Party leader and organiser of the petition for a referendum on the anti-smacking law Larry Baldock says there is plenty of time to hold the referendum at this years election. “Claims by the Prime Minister reported in the Herald today that there is not enough time to get things organised are ridiculous,”…
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Sports & Fielddays Crowds Give CIR Petition Huge Boost
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00175.htm Sports and Fielddays Crowds Give Anti-Smacking Petition Huge Boost Family First Media Release 15 June 2008 Family First NZ says that the numbers of signatures on the petition against the anti-smacking law and demanding a Referendum at the upcoming Election has been hugely boosted by a number of large events over the past 2…