Check you're enrolled to vote today
If you are not enrolled by October 25th you don’t get to vote on election day
The current coalition has changed the voting rules, so that if you are not enrolled by October 25th you don’t get to vote on election day.
Don’t let them steal your vote.
Don’t assume you are on the roll - many people are finding they thought they were on the roll but have mysteriously disappeared from it.
Here’s where you go to enrol or check you are already on it. Just click on the link it only takes a couple of minutes.
https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
So please make sure your whanau and friends check/register today.
Key Dates
| 1 October | Dissolution of Parliament |
| 4 October | Writ Day - the Governor-General issues formal direction to the Electoral Commission to hold the election Anyone who enrols after this date casts a special vote. |
| Noon, 8 October | Nominations close for candidates |
| 21 October | Overseas voting starts |
| 25 October | Last day to enrol to vote in the election |
| 26 October | Advance voting starts |
| 6 November | Regulated period ends. All election advertising must end. Signs must be taken down by midnight. |
| 7 November | Election day. Voting places open from 9.00am to 7.00pm Election night. Preliminary election results released progressively from 7.00pm on electionresults.govt.nz |
| 27 November | Official results for the 2026 General Election declared |
| 3 December | Last day for the return of the writ |
