Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 - 10:30

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party today announced that they are beginning electronic membership sign-ups.

The Electoral Commission has given permission to ALCP to collect digitised signatures on memberships.

ALCP was also the first political party in New Zealand to accept Bitcoins as payment for memberships.

"Its all part of preparing the party for the future," leader Julian Crawford said. "We are expecting a huge boost to our membership from electronic sign-ups."

ALCP was an early adopter of crypto-currency and now accepts payments in Bitcoin, Potcoin and Dogecoin as well as New Zealand dollars.

"There is a strong correlation between the search and surveillance of cannabis users without warrants and the surveillance of internet users without warrants," Mr Crawford said.

To join ALCP click here: www.alcp.org.nz/e-membership