I’ve campaigned in every general election since 96 and most AKL local govt elections of the last 15 years. I also campaigned in student elections & internal Alliance elections where most face to face options weren’t available eg door knocking. There are many ways to campaign...
... some involve getting in someone’s bubble but most don’t. Door knocking, large meetings and leafleting are out in L3, but can be managed in L2 (and with some imagination actually you could come up w replacements in L3). Campaigning thru phone, email, social media, radio...
... broadcast TV, YouTube, news and other websites, street corners (spaced out w speaker), hoardings, posters, direct mail can all continue in L3, and most even in L4. No doubt there are new ways that will emerge too. I don’t think the argument for delay based on...
... inability to campaign washes atm. The decision should be based on whether or not the machinery of the election (voting booths, advance voting, distributing and counting, scrutineering etc) can be done safely, imho. Face to face is most effective (research tells us)...
... but it’s not the only way. In all my campaigning since 1996 I don’t think I ever knocked on a door until 2002. Some parties don’t door knock at all, universally or in some seats. FIN
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