Referendum results live: Will New Zealand legalise cannabis and euthanasia?Posted by MMP News AuthorOn October 29, 2020

KEY POINTS:

• The preliminary results for the cannabis and euthanasia results will be released at 2pm today.
• Final results are released next Friday, November 6.
• The final results will include about 480,000 special votes, so if preliminary results are close, we may not know the full outcome until next Friday.
• If it’s a “yes” vote for cannabis, it will take about 18 months for laws to change.
• If it’s a “yes” for euthanasia, it will be about a year before terminal patients can request assisted dying.

Supporters of cannabis reform will be looking for at least a close margin in the preliminary referendum results, which are being released at 2pm.

Recent polls had the “no” vote on legalising cannabis substantially ahead of the “yes” vote, but a margin of a few percentage points today could see…