E50 More on our podcasting course, how blind New Zealanders vote

On this, our 50th episode, we say thanks for your listenership. It’s been amazing.

Our podcasting course begins just days from now, and we’re excited by how many people have already joined our community of intrepid podcast explorers. There’s still room for you though. We tell you about a very special guest joining us for part of our first webinar.

Our series on the New Zealand general election continues. This week, we’re looking at how blind people in New Zealand vote. Jonathan Mosen explains New Zealand’s proportional electoral system which gives every New Zealander two votes.

Then, we look at the voting process for blind people specifically. New Zealand’s electoral Commission has made voting as simple as a couple of phone calls, and secrecy is built-into the system. We’re joined by the Electoral Commission’s Acting Manager Voting Services, Melissa Thorpe, to explain the phone-based system introduced three years a [...]