"Don't leave home before you vote" is the message the Electoral Commission wants Dunedin people to give to out-of-town friends and relatives planning to attend the Elton John concert in November.
The commission is keen to avoid its Dunedin polling booths having to deal with a huge influx of special votes on polling day which is November 26, the day after the concert.
However, at this stage it is not sure how many extra voters to expect in the city.
You will be able to vote in advance from November 9.
Dunedin registrar of electors Dee Vickers said there had been a trickle of voters checking the preliminary printed rolls which were now available.
Her Moray Pl office had a complete set of New Zealand rolls, as did the Dunedin city public library.
Other libraries would have rolls relevant to their areas.
Ms Vickers said people could also go online to check their details.
Staff in Dunedin are pushing to get more people enrolled in the 18-24 age group in the Dunedin North electorate where it is estimated there are almost 9000 missing enrolments.
Ms Vickers advised students to consider which of their residences they regarded as home and how local politics would affect them.
Staff were working hard to get the message across to the unregistered, but it could be disheartening when the distribution of hundreds of forms did not seem to be producing results.
