I am 86 years young, wear a hearing aid and are despairing of the people of Tauranga. We need to mount a campaign with a written petition to get our democractic right to vote back into our lives. I may not have the time or ability to do this. Someone please get a petition going New Zealand-wide to reclaim our democratic right to vote. The rest of New Zealand needs to know that our democratic right to vote has been denied us. Don't leave this for others to do as they do not seem to care. Do it now. Stop talking and writing Letters to Editors, get our voices heard by writing a petition to Parliament for our right to a democratic vote. I would definitely sign it. This is too important for us sheep, and to do nothing but bleat is just untenable.

T Johnson, Gate Pa.