My email to the Electoral Commission asking why Rodney Hide’s jacket with an Act logo breached the Electoral Finance Act when Metiria Turei’s bathing suit with a Green Party logo didn’t (three posts back) got the following response:
The decision related to the election slogan on the jacket – not the logo.
I emailed back asking if a decision had been made on logos, I’ll let you know when I get an answer.
UPDATE: Just got an email saying:
There has not been a published decision on logos
I replied asking if that meant there had been an unpublished decision and if so when it would be published.
Sigh.
December 4, 2008 at 10:18 am
So the swimsuit passes but I wonder if the slogan on the Espom candidate’s T-Shirt that I identified will?
December 4, 2008 at 10:58 am
What was the slogan? I thought it was just a logo
December 4, 2008 at 10:59 am
I mean on Rodneys jacket
December 4, 2008 at 11:10 am
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December 5, 2008 at 6:46 am
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December 22, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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