How to enrol to vote video transcript
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[Video opens on a very colourful illustrated screen. The frame shows a lot of overlapping colourful shapes. Stars, circles, squiggles, dots and flower shapes are in a variety of bright colours: dark pink, light pink, yellow, teal, mint, orange and lilac.
These shapes are all slowly moving, and the colours of the shapes change as they overlap with other shapes.
It creates a fun, vibrant and energetic background.
In the bottom right corner of the screen is a semi-transparent black electoral commission logo. The logo is an illustration of a hand dropping a ballot paper into a box framed by two koru.
In the centre of the screen is a dark green asymmetric rectangle with the words "Do you want your voice to count?" the text is in white. This text changes as [woman 1] voices the script below.]
Woman 1: Do you want your vote to count?
Woman 1: To be part of something important?
Woman 1: It’s easy!
Woman 1: Enrol to have your say in New Zealand’s future.
[Video background slides into a new animated scene. The colours are bright and energetic – yellows, orange, teal, and pink. There is a young woman sitting at a small table and chairs. She has jewellery on and sunglasses and is drinking a coffee. There are a couple of shopping bags sitting next to her and some small birds on a potted plant on the table and floor.
The young woman in the animation picks up her phone from the table and starts looking at something on her phone screen.]
Woman 1: Enrolling or updating your details when you move is super simple – just go to vote.nz – it only takes five minutes.
[The young woman clicks on a button which reads "Enrol now", which is shown above her head as something that is on her screen.
The frame changes to a pale blue background, and an animation of the young woman’s driver license, passport and Real Me identification appear. The style of the animation is the same colourful, energetic style as the rest of the video.]
Woman 1: All you need is your New Zealand driver's licence, New Zealand passport or your RealMe verified identity.
[The pale blue background remains, and the frame slides into a new animated scene. In this scene, there is an older woman sitting at a computer with glasses on. There is a cat resting on the top of the computer, and some books leaning against the computer, which indicates that the older woman is sitting at home on her computer.]
Woman 1: And even without any of these, you can fill out the form online and have it emailed or posted to you to sign and return.
[The older woman signs a form which then zooms out of the frame and into a new animated scene. A young man is sitting on a skewed yellow rectangle, which is balancing on some of the shapes that featured in the opening scene.
The young man is scratching his head, and then pulls out his phone and starts smiling while using his phone.]
Woman 1: If you get stuck, or need any help, you can always call us on 0800 36 76 56 or visit our Facebook page.
[The video shows a similar colourful and energetic frame as the opening scene, and in the centre of the screen in large numbers is 0800 36 76 56 and underneath in letters, facebook/votenz.
The scene changes into another colourful animation. A hand is holding a pen and scrolling down a list of possible candidates to vote for [there are no names on the paper. The hand then ticks one of the circles]
Woman 1: Get onto it now, if you enrol early voting will be faster and easier on the day.
[The video shows a similar colourful and energetic frame as the opening scene, and a large orange circle in the centre. In the circle is white text that reads "You can ENROL if:". The shape in the centre of the screen and the text that is in the shape changes as the script runs through the criteria for voting in New Zealand.]
Woman 1: You can enrol to vote in New Zealand if you’re 18 or over, and you’re a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, and you’ve lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more at some time in your life.
[The video animated scene changes to a pale peach background, showing an illustrated list of names, which is meant to be the electoral roll. There are no names on this list, it is indicative only. The list moves aside to show an illustrated version of the Beehive with the New Zealand flag at the top and a woman and a man sitting and standing on the Beehive building. The man is waving, and the woman has her hands on her hips.
There are a few of the same shapes that have featured throughout the video dotted around the frame, and it is a playful and colourful setting.]
Woman 1: Once you’re on the electoral roll you can vote in parliamentary elections…
[The scene changes to an animation of a bus driving through a city and then the scene changes into a ballot box in the centre of the screen. A hand drops a voting paper into the box and the scene zooms out to show the older woman and her cat from before standing next to the ballot box. The older woman is wearing a tee shirt that has "VOTE" written on it.]
Woman 1: …local elections and referendums – this is how your voice gets heard.
[The animated scene changes to a pale-yellow background and a person’s hands holding a computer tablet in the middle of the frame. The website on the screen of the tablet is the electoral commission website, with its orange and black theme. The user of the tablet clicks through sections on the website as the audio runs through the below script.]
Woman 1: If you have any concerns about your personal safety, you can ask to go on the confidential unpublished roll.
[The person using the tablet then clicks on a button on the website with the words "Apply to go on the unpublished roll". The tablet is replaced by an illustration of a padlock with a text box below showing "*****", indicating a private password.]
Woman 1: We’ll keep your enrolment details secure, and we won’t give them to anyone.
[The animated scene changes to a man sitting on a couch with a dog. There is a plant in the background and a side table with a gaming controller and drink on the table next to him. The background is pale-yellow, and the same bright colours make it a colourful and bright setting.]
Woman 1: If you’re Māori and you’re enrolling for the first time, you can choose to go on the Māori roll or the general roll. It’s up to you!
[The man sitting on the couch pulls out his phone and the scene focuses on what is on his screen. The screen shows that he is on the electoral commission website and has the options of either the Māori roll or the general roll. He clicks on the button that reads "Māori roll".]
Woman 1: If you choose to go on the Māori roll, you’ll vote for a candidate in a Māori electorate.
[On the screen of the phone, a map of New Zealand appears and shows the Māori electorates throughout Aotearoa.]
Woman 1: And if you choose the general electorate, you’ll vote for a candidate in a general electorate.
[On the screen of the phone, the user swipes from the map of New Zealand showing the Māori electorates to a map of New Zealand that shows the general electorates.
The animated scene changes to an illustration of a piece of paper with a list of the parties that you can vote for. Listed are the grape, cherry, pear, banana, orange, and apple parties. Each of these parties has a picture of each fruit next to the listed name, and a circle for a person to mark their vote in. There is an illustrated pen next to the paper.]
Woman 1: You get to choose from the same list of political parties whether you’ve chosen the general roll or the Māori roll.
[The animated scene changes back to the man sitting on the couch with his dog, looking at the screen of his phone.]
Woman 1: Once you choose rolls, you can only change rolls during the Māori electoral option, which takes place about every five years.
[The man opens an app on his phone and sets a timer for five years.
The animated scene changes back to the same scene as the opening one – a colourful background with shapes slowly moving around and a dark green asymmetric rectangle in the middle with the white text, "If you want more info visit:"]
Woman 1: There’s more information about this, and everything we’ve talked about in this video, on our website vote.nz.
[The scene remains the same, and the text in the box now reads "VOTE.NZ". An orange rectangle appears beneath the website, with white text in it reading "ENROL NOW".]
Woman 1: Enrolling is easy, and means you get to have your say in New Zealand’s future.
[The man clicks on the "ENROL NOW" button and the screen fills with an orange background. In the centre of the screen is white text reading: "VOTE.NZ" and beneath this "0800 36 76 56".
Underneath the white text is the electoral commission logo. The logo is an illustration of a hand dropping a ballot paper into a box framed by two koru. The words "ELECTORAL COMMISSION / TE KAITIAKI TAKE KŌWHIRI" are on the right-hand side of the logo imagery.]
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