Open AccessThe Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill
Author(s) -
Andrew Geddis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v6i3.4341
Subject(s) - campaign finance , electoral reform , voting , political science , politics , public administration , election law , first amendment , economics , law and economics , law , democracy , supreme court
While debates over what role money should play in electoral politics – a topic New Zealand follows the United States in calling ‘campaign finance’ – have occurred spasmodically in this country, it has received an unprecedented amount of attention since 2005. Although this article is not intended to be a general history of the topic (see instead Geddis, 2010b), some contextual background nevertheless is important to understanding the current proposals for reform contained in the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill.