Voting in the 2023 General Election will be underway soon, with overseas voting starting tomorrow Wednesday 27 September and voting places opening in New Zealand next Monday 2 October.
Voters who are overseas can vote from Wednesday 27 September until 7pm on election day, Saturday 14 October NZ time. About 78,000 enrolled voters have an overseas address.
“If you’re travelling or based overseas, you can still vote in the election. The easiest way to vote from overseas is to download your voting papers from vote.nz and return them by upload to the website. In 2020, more than 90% of overseas voters used this service,” says Karl Le Quesne, Chief Electoral Officer.
“There are also 74 locations overseas where New Zealanders can vote in person, including 10 voting places in Australia.”
More information on voting from overseas, including the locations of voting places and the times they are open, can be found at vote.nz/overseas.
