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Public Address 27/04/07 - Unusual Democracy

By: HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Published: Tue 1 May 2007 07:59 PM
PUBLIC ADDRESS 27/04/07 - Unusual democracy and other things
Unusual Democracy | Apr 27, 2007 11:00
Russell Brown's Hard News
Here's a nightmare for Kiwiblog readers: the vote-counting system for the 2008 New Zealand general election is run by a senior Labour Party official. On election night, the government website that updates the official vote tally is, in a highly unusual move, redirected to a server farm that...
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