Election Research

We have the New Zealand general election on September 20 2014.  We have been researching what happens during an election as part of our change makers inquiry.  Below is Bailey's, Raymond's and Joe's research.

Elections

What is an election?    

An election is a is a type of vote that men and women can vote on.  Which ever  party has the most votes wins. 

Why do we have elections in NZ?

NZ HAVE VOTES so that every 3 years other people have a chance to have their say on things that are happening in our country. And so that other people can try and do better than the person before them.

What happens during an election in NZ?

There's a lot of parties here are some: Maoris, Green, Labour and National. MMP stands for Mixed Member Proportional. MMP is a voting system that people vote on which party they want to  win. If a party gets 40% of the votes and another  party gets 8% of the  and then 1 more party gets 3%, then they can join so that they run the country, this is called a coalition government.