cnzmur
cnzmur t1_itutnd9 wrote
Reply to comment by AnimusCorpus in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog
No, MPs in NZ aren't all directly elected. The 72 electorate ones are, the list ones are selected by the parties and then we vote for parties not the MPs directly.
cnzmur t1_itutczw wrote
Reply to comment by DomesticApe23 in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog
> All the women were elected
NZ has an MMP system, many of them were list candidates who were selected by their parties, not voted on directly.
cnzmur t1_j0l71eu wrote
Reply to Child abuse in the U.S. - victims by perpetrator relationship 2020 by Not_that_wire
It's interesting it has 'unmarried partner of parent'. Does this mean that a married stepfather is counted as a father?