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Electors queuing to vote, 1960
Electors queue to vote at the Wellington Town Hall on 26 November 1960. Note the folding wooden screens and dustbin-style metal ballot box.
At this time popular participation in New Zealand's electoral system was extremely high by international standards – between 1946 and 1963 voter turnout ranged from 89.1 to 93.5 percent.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: Dominion Post Collection, 1960/4295
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