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Voting done! In a move that won& #39;t come as a surprise for longtime readers, but will no doubt make me a pariah among occasional or new ones (or those who haven& #39;t been paying attention over the past three years) for the first time ever I gave my party vote to the @NZGreens. 
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There& #39;s plenty of reasons behind my move this election and why I& #39;m being public about it. While I don& #39;t agree with everything the Greens have put forward policy-wise, I& #39;ve found myself agreeing with a lot of what they& #39;ve been proposing over the past few years.
As many of you will have noticed, I have issues with the current leadership of the National Party and some of their policy positions (to be fair they& #39;re doing well on some parts too, e.g. more rail). But ultimately I couldn& #39;t bring myself to party vote blue this time round.
On the electorate side, after much agonising & lots of discussion with Renee over the last week about where I was struggling with things, I ended up voting for @NZNationalParty& #39;s Tim Costley. Don& #39;t agree with some of Tim& #39;s stances, but I know he& #39;ll fight tooth & nail for Ōtaki https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💙" title="Blaues Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Blaues Herz">
On the referenda I was two yes votes. Having lost people close to me who had terminal illnesses I& #39;ve seen both sides of how people think at the end, but ultimately if I& #39;m in that position I& #39;d like to at least have the option for me to consider.
On cannabis - prohibition isn& #39;t working by any stretch of the imagination and I believe this will provide a much safer and better regulated way for people who want to use cannabis to do so than the current wild west black market approach.
On the turnout side, there& #39;s a good stream of people coming into the polling booth and things moving quickly. Staff were lovely, social distancing, contact tracing, and hand sanitiser all in place too. Hadn& #39;t received my EasyVote card yet.
