Voters urged to check spam folders as EasyVote cards sent by email
Voters who gave the Electoral Commission an email address should check their spam or junk folder if their EasyVote card has not arrived.
About 2.2 million people who provided an email address before 4 October are being sent a digital EasyVote card by email between 14 and 23 October, according to RNZ.
Chief Electoral Officer Karl le Quesne said the commission had worked with email providers to maximise delivery and that delivery was going well. Some emails have been automatically filtered into Gmail’s promotions tab or into spam folders on other email services.
If an email is not delivered or not opened within 48 hours, and the commission holds the person’s mobile number, it will send a text to let them know the EasyVote was sent by email.
This is the first election in which EasyVote cards have been sent by email as well as by post. An estimated 1.3 million physical cards have been mailed to voters who only provided a postal address or who are on the unpublished roll.
EasyVote cards are not needed to vote, but they include details for the voter’s electorate and voting place and make voting faster. A digital card can be shown on a smartphone, as a screenshot, or as a printout.
Voters enrolled by Sunday 4 October will be sent an EasyVote card. To have their vote counted, voters must be enrolled with up-to-date details by midnight Sunday 25 October. Enrolment on election day is no longer available.
