New Zealand Bird Election

New zealand s bird of the year election was completely fraudulent december 12 2020 12 51 am the birds of new zealand weren t too pleased after the little spotted kiwi received thousands of.
New zealand bird election. The little spotted kiwi snuck its way up new zealand s bird of the year leaderboard before election organizers discovered 1 500 disqualifying votes placed for the smallest kiwi bird species. New zealand has discovered evidence of voter fraud in an important election its annual bird of the year. It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival the.
In a bizarre turn of events democracy is being threatened by the bird of the year competition in new zealand thanks to suspicious activity at the ballot box. New zealand s bird of the year competition has been running since 2005 and was established by forest and bird as a way to encourage new zealanders to learn about the country s native birds and. New zealand has voted the kakapo its bird of the year.
Voting began on monday in the hotly contested and brutal election of new zealand s bird of the year. Two referendums one on the personal use of cannabis and one on euthanasia were also held. The kakapo a fat flightless parrot emerged as new zealand s bird of the year.
What started 15 years ago as a modest promotion to draw attention to new zealand s native birds. Voters elected 120 members to the house of representatives 72 from single member electorates and 48 from closed party lists. The scandal has roiled bird of the year 2020 an online popularity contest among the native birds of new zealand and made headlines in the remote pacific island nation which takes its avian.
According to forest bird over 1500 fraudulent votes have been discovered and all were for the kiwi pukupuku little spotted kiwi.