Oct 12, 2026 · 12 min · 15 segments
**THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE *(from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast)*** Only Boomers Vote/How MMP Works/Charter Schools for the Chop/Oooh, Look What He Gets Paid See…
Latest numbers from the Electoral Commission, as of the weekend show 63.4% of 18 to 24-year-olds are enrolled.
Shockingly low number.
Lower than previous elections.
This is bad news for democracy, and I think especially bad news actually for the Greens.
There is no excuse for this.
You can't blame the media.
They've fallen over themselves processing the commission's press releases.
It's one of the rare times modern journalism, which is little more than regurgitation of press releases, might have actually been trying to do the right thing.
It is not the change of date's fault.
They tried that on early.
Oh, scandal around the date change.
You can't enroll on the day.
There was, and is, not a scandal.
Elections are regular events.
You have one every three years.
Three years notice.
Election dates are announced at the start of the year.
You then have about, oh, I don't know, 10 months.
If you can't enter a couple of simple details in that time, that's on you.
We need to have individuals own more of their incompetence in this country.
We look for excuses.
On this, there is no excuse.
As for the rest of us, it's 90% enrolled.
About normal.
Latest numbers from the Electoral Commission, as of the weekend show 63.4% of 18 to 24-year-olds are enrolled.
Shockingly low number.
Lower than previous elections.
This is bad news for democracy, and I think especially bad news actually for the Greens.
There is no excuse for this.
You can't blame the media.
They've fallen over themselves processing the commission's press releases.
It's one of the rare times modern journalism, which is little more than regurgitation of press releases, might have actually been trying to do the right thing.
It is not the change of date's fault.
They tried that on early.
Oh, scandal around the date change.
You can't enroll on the day.
There was, and is, not a scandal.
Elections are regular events.
You have one every three years.
Three years notice.
Election dates are announced at the start of the year.
You then have about, oh, I don't know, 10 months.
If you can't enter a couple of simple details in that time, that's on you.
We need to have individuals own more of their incompetence in this country.
We look for excuses.
On this, there is no excuse.
As for the rest of us, it's 90% enrolled.
About normal.
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