Usarka
9th January 2008, 15:05
The first instance of the Electoral Commission (the watchdog responsible for using it's "common sense" and enforcing the act) flexing it's muscles has occured in relation to the www.dontvotelabour.org.nz site discussed in Jantar's thread (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=64291)
The 21 yr old site owner has been ordered to put his name and address onto the website, something which he is reluctant to do because of fears for his families safety. Failure to do so may result in a $10,000 fine.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10485850
Finally a good piece of journalism from the herald, well a good quote anyway:
"When people come to wonder what has happened to a freedom they once took for granted, the answer is seldom a single, memorable edict. It is more often a hundred trifling rules, requirements and restrictions, each defensible within the logic of the law but together oppressive in their effect."
The 21 yr old site owner has been ordered to put his name and address onto the website, something which he is reluctant to do because of fears for his families safety. Failure to do so may result in a $10,000 fine.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10485850
Finally a good piece of journalism from the herald, well a good quote anyway:
"When people come to wonder what has happened to a freedom they once took for granted, the answer is seldom a single, memorable edict. It is more often a hundred trifling rules, requirements and restrictions, each defensible within the logic of the law but together oppressive in their effect."