It’s in the Ballot is a fun and informative new election debate following the format of the Kiwi classic It’s In the Bag. It’s in the Ballot covers the nine North Island electorates closest to the Beehive.
All local candidates who have been confirmed for their electorate are invited to participate. Candidates will give an
opening statement. Then they will have a lucky dip of questions to answer, from carefully pre-selected questions in
boxes. There are four “Booby Question” boxes, two “Dodge the Question” boxes and two “Defer the Question to another
Candidate'' boxes. These can be used immediately or held back for later in the show. 18 questions for each show are from
the Production Team and 18 from members of the public who can submit them online below:
Wellington Central - https://forms.gle/d7m2Rkjp1gtR7HTo9
Palmerston North - https://forms.gle/mYzjynT3gxtQsHyM8
Hutt South - https://forms.gle/Y2F4wb2mJxiGhMA79
Otaki Electorate - https://forms.gle/frNwANU5fJLbjtYRA
Wairarapa Electorate - https://forms.gle/eQzRAdT8Ks3Pqm75A
Ohariu Electorate - https://forms.gle/xGk5eazG84Tnh26Z8
Remutaka Electorate - https://forms.gle/mHpfYou2FQhNnxrX7
Mana Electorate - https://forms.gle/fdaLxHzRxKce5xFh9
Rongotai Electorate - https://forms.gle/SFZyq4yEYvzxpUUJ7
Any question submitted must be able to be answered by any candidate (that is, they cannot be directed to a specific
candidate) as it will be down to luck who selects a question. Any member of the public can submit a question and the
more we get, the more we can choose from. Members of the public are welcome to attend the live filming, with numbers
subject to COVID levels.
Doors open at 5.30pm for all shows, and go live at 6.30pm on YouTube and Facebook.
Media is welcome to attend.
On www.itsintheballot.nz you can see who's attending, who declined and who hasn’t replied. If you have any questions, please feel free to email
the production team itsintheballot@gmail.com
Sam Somers
Producer and Host
It’s in the Ballot