West Coast Village registration drive tomorrow

Tomorrow from 9am I'll be convincing people to register to vote at the West Coast Village shopping centre. We'll run the table until about 3:30pm, because nobody will be around after the rugby match begins.

This is the second phase of my experiments to find the best means of registering the hopelessly under-registered Parklands area.

The property managers insist on our drive being non-political, which is entirely understandable and acceptable. We'll be collecting telephone numbers for a registration campaign only. This means we cannot re-use the telephone numbers for DA campaigning. This is a pity, but we have every reason to maintain our integrity on this. The property managers know that we're members of the DA, so it is a leap of faith for them to allow us to run the registration table at all. Practically speaking, it can only help our relations with them if we stick closely to the non-political deal.