Make It's in the Ballot 2025 Happen

We are a pro-democracy non-profit who wants to make sure all voters out there can be informed on the candidates standing in their area for local body elections. We started off in 2020 with 8 shows for the 2020 General Election, moved to 34 in 2022 local bodies, 31 in 2023 general election and 14 in 2024 in the Tauranga City Council special local bodies and 4 covering 3 local body by-elections.

In 2025 we plan to take It's in the Ballot to communities, only It's in the Bags TV cameras would go to, to bring 128 2 Hour It's in the Ballot Shows, and introducing the new community ward 1H show of 39 shows, over 8 weeks. Our show format helps those who can not attend a normal community lead meet the candidates meeting while also putting all candidates on the same playing field with equal number of questions from the community. Our shows are also livestreamed and recorded so voters can go back and watch the them online, at their own pace.

We are going to be doing shows from Wellington, across both sides of the Tararua ranges to Danniverk in the east and Fielding in the West. Then over to the Bay of Plenty covering location as far south as Murupara right up to Katikati in the North, then over to the Waikato to our second home, in Hamilton covering the greater Waikato. With Raglan out to the West, Te Aroha in the East and Tuakau in the North.