Just Voted in the Smacking Referendum

July 31st, 2009 by Madeleine

Our voting papers for the smacking referendum arrived in this afternoon’s post. Matt managed to make it home just before the post shop closed so our completed ballots are already in the mail on their way back to the Returning Officer.

It was easy; no driving, no parking, no queuing, no mucking around with ID.

Tags: Referendum · s59 · Smacking9 Comments

9 responses so far ↓

MacDoctor
Jul 31, 2009 at 10:15 pm

<span style="">But, but, but… They could have been stolen! </span>
Madeleine
Jul 31, 2009 at 10:20 pm

That is awful! Ours had our names on them; the ballots were still attached to the letter they come with.
scrubone
Jul 31, 2009 at 10:39 pm

Well, by my count that makes 2-3 with the "yes" vote leading by one vote.

But it's early days I guess.

(Been reading a lot of blogs tonight, extending my blog list)
Andy
Jul 31, 2009 at 10:49 pm

Well…??? You haven't told us which way you voted.

Anyway – Glenn's talk tonight was fantastic. Looking forward to getting you both down to talk at some stage soon!
Madeleine
Jul 31, 2009 at 10:50 pm

Yeah well we thought it was important we remained neutral on the subject being influential bloggers and all.
Madeleine
Jul 31, 2009 at 11:35 pm

I'm not surprised to hear that Glenn was good – he is very smart and a very good speaker and he knows the issues you have him speaking on backwards.

I hope he remembered your book.
Chuck Bird
Aug 1, 2009 at 9:05 am

I just got my papers. I am having difficulty working out the question. Do you think I should ask John Key?
bethyada
Aug 1, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Ours came Friday. Yet to fill them out. Managed to write a post though!
Cassandra
Aug 5, 2009 at 6:34 am

Just posted ours yesterday!

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