And some indexed contracts for a change: voter turnout. Aiming to launch these at 1pm.
TURNOUT.GENERAL
Voter turnout in General Electorates
This contract pays $0.01 for each 1% of Voter Turnout in GENERAL ELECTORATES in the 2011 General Election. For example, Voter Turnout of 80.88% will cause this contract to close at $0.8088 per share.
For the purposes of this contract:
Voter Turnout is defined as: Total Votes Cast/Electors on Master Roll.
Total Votes Cast is defined as: Ordinary Votes + Special Votes + Informal Votes + Disallowed Votes.
For reference, in 2008 [http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/e9/html/e9_part9_1.html] Total Votes Cast in the General Electorates were 2,233,146 and electors on Master Roll were 2,761,093, turn out = 80.88%
This contract will close based on Official Results Declared.
TURNOUT.MAORI
Voter turnout in Maori Electorates
This contract pays $0.01 for each 1% of Voter Turnout in MAORI ELECTORATES in the 2011 General Election. For example, Voter Turnout of 62.41% will cause this contract to close at $0.6241 per share.
For the purposes of this contract:
Voter Turnout is defined as: Total Votes Cast/Electors on Master Roll.
Total Votes Cast is defined as: Ordinary Votes + Special Votes + Informal Votes + Disallowed Votes.
For reference, in 2008 [http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/e9/html/e9_part9_1.html] Total Votes Cast in Maori Electorates were 143,334 and electors on Master Roll were 229,666, turn out = 62.41%
This contract will close based on Official Results Declared.