Citizens are beginning to vote to pick a new flag in New Zealand after Union Jack is dropped

New Zealand started voting Friday to select a potential new flag that will replace the older one, which many say symbolizes the country’s colonial past. Voters need to choose between five flag options in a postal referendum that is expected to continue until Dec. 11. The move came after Prime Minister John Key said that the…

Wellington (dpa) – New Zealanders began receiving their voting papers on Friday in the first part of a two-stage postal referendum on whether to change the nation’s flag. Voters are being asked to rank a short list of five designs in order of preference before the most popular design faces a run off in March against…