The first Generation Zero Local Candidate Scorecards will be released tomorrow, these focus on the Mayoral contest and some carefully selected swing wards. More will follow. Here’s a few made-up examples:
I’m sure everyone will have their own criteria and views on the final grades [personally I have to say that none of my students would earn a B+ with the vague waffle from Mr Johnson above, and Mr Todd looks like a clear fail to me too] but that’s not the point. Generation Zero have chosen their criteria and gone through a transparent process and are laying it all out for voters to make up their own mind. I think this is a great service for voters, who can in any case, of course to chose to ignore these evaluations, or, equally, decide to support those who score poorly by this metric.
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I look forward to reading them, but Gen Zero are cutting it a bit fine, since the voting papers came out yesterday!
I that case you’ll be wanting to help get the word out 😉
Down the bottom of http://www.generationzero.org.nz/localelections
Gosh, had I realised Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the prime minister of Denmark, was standing in Whau under the alias ‘Janet Smith’, I’d definitely have voted for her.
All 3 are actually Danish politicians, as our designer is a big fan of Denmark. Hoped not too many would realise!
But of course these are just mock-ups to show what the score-cards look like.
Vote Birgitte Nyborg and the Moderates!