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'Not a decision we can make': Chief Electoral Officer explains Port Waikato's by-election following candidate death

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 9 Oct 2023, 6:06pm
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'Not a decision we can make': Chief Electoral Officer explains Port Waikato's by-election following candidate death

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 9 Oct 2023, 6:06pm

The death of ACT's Port Waikato candidate Neil Christensen will trigger a by-election.

The Electoral Commission says party votes in the electorate will count for Saturday's election- but those for a Member of Parliament won't.

Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne says this has a flow-on effect.

He says once the by-election is run and we know who the successful candidate is- that will result in 121 MPs.

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