No prosecutions for failing to enrol, despite compulsory enrolment

The Electoral Commission knows of no one taken to court for not enrolling to vote, Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne says. Enrolment has been compulsory since 1924 in general electorates and since 1956 in Māori electorates. Enforcement would need police to bring a case in the District Court, University of Otago law professor Andrew Geddis says.