NZ's enrolment problem - where are the young voters?
About this episode
The episode discusses the low voter enrollment among young people in New Zealand ahead of the general election.
We’re seven weeks out from the general election, and nearly 190 thousand young people are missing from the roll. Only around 57% of 18-24 year olds have enrolled to vote, the lowest representation of any age group – and by a huge margin. Today on The Front Page we’re talking to Adriana Bird from On a Roll, a nonpartisan campaign which aims to help young people to enrol and vote. We're asking why young people are so disengaged with democracy and what it will take to get them to the polls on November 7. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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