ELECTION 2020: Election delay inevitable if Parliament lasts past Monday

ELECTION 2020: Election delay inevitable if Parliament lasts past Monday
Pattrick Smellie
A new election date will need to be set if the government does not dissolve Parliament this coming Monday. That is the advice the Electoral Commission, the independent statutory body that runs elections, will be giving to the government. The commission is not making much public comment during the three-day lockdown that will either lift on Friday evening or be extended because of the discovery this week of apparent community transmission of covid-19 in Auckland. If extended for a fortnight — the period regarded as essential for a full cyc...

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