Joshua Ferrer

Guest writer

Joshua Ferrer is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Politics from the University of Otago, which he earned on a Fulbright Graduate Student Research Grant to New Zealand.

Disappointingly, the panel did not consider canine suffrage. (Photo: Getty)

Consensus-based NZ electoral reform is a lovely idea. And it’s mostly a myth

Extending the franchise to prisoners is the latest in a series of contentious electoral reforms enacted by this government. But is it really that rare?

By Joshua Ferrer | 4th July, 2020