
ALT Bright blue background with large header text saying "Voting Guide for Our Disabled Whānau". There is a friendly pink squiggle that says "quick guide" and a button format that has the link to awhi.substack.com/p/voting-accessibility-for-parents.

ALT All the next slides have a blue background with green borders. Each slide has a header in pink, and the answer below in black on a white background. This one starts with "What if I can’t get to a voting place?" The answer section says " If you can’t get to a voting place, and don't have someone who can collect your voting papers for you, contact your electorate manager. It may be possible for voting papers to be dropped off or delivered to you, and then collected from you. Contact your electorate manager - you can find their contact details through vote.nz." It cites the source as: https://vote.nz/2023-general-election/get-help-to-vote/contact-your-electorate-manager/

ALT The header says "When is the best time to vote?" The answer below says: "If you’d prefer to vote when it’s quieter, or if you may need assistance, the best times to vote are typically between 9am – 11am and 2pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday. Voting ahead of election day on 14 October is a good idea. Election day is usually the busiest day to vote. Voting is quicker if you vote in the area where you live. However, if you're away from where you usually live, you can vote at the nearest voting place."

ALT he header says "Can I get help with voting?" in pink. The answer below says: "If you’d prefer to vote when it’s quieter, or if you may need assistance, the best times to vote are typically between 9am – 11am and 2pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday. Voting ahead of election day on 14 October is a good idea. Election day is usually the busiest day to vote. Voting is quicker if you vote in the area where you live. However, if you're away from where you usually live, you can vote at the nearest voting placeYes! You absolutely can get help with voting. You can authorise someone to pick up your voting papers from a voting place for you. You can download a form which you can sign and ask someone to take to a voting place for you. They will then bring back your voting papers to complete." The source is: https://vote.nz/2023-general-election/get-help-to-vote/contact-your-electorate-manager/

ALT Orange square with illustration of a voting box and an sparkle in the corner saying "anytime from now til Sat 14th Oct 2023" then a dark blue square of text saying "Voting has opened. Vote for our children's future. Vote to protect our communities. A vote for climate action is a vote for a better tomorrow. Take action now - find your nearest station and vote for climate action. Remember, it's your party vote that counts. Choose a party that's going to take strong climate action."

ALT Orange square with polling box and a dark blue square saying "Important info: Bullet point You do not need to have received a voting pack in order to vote. Bullet point You do not need to have an easyVote card (but if you have one, voting will be slightly quicker). Bullet point You don't need to be enrolled, just turn up to a voting place - you can enrol there and then (no ID or anything special required) and you get to cast a special vote starry eyes emoji.

ALT New Zealand needs your vote. About 1 million kiwis live overseas. 600,000~700,000 of them are eligible to vote, but less than 10% of them are enrolled. In 2020, only 62,787 overseas kiwis voted. Over 600k eligible voters did not vote. Imagine the difference your vote could make. Quote: "In an age when other nations are fighting for the right to vote and be counted, it's never been more important to exert your right to vote."


















