From November 21st through December 4th, DI Afghanistan Electoral Reform & Civic Advocacy (AERCA) Program’s Senior Elections Specialist Terry Hoverter, Electoral Expert for Campaigns and Political Parties Greg Minjack, Director of Programs Jed Ober, and a delegation of Afghan civil society leaders traveled to Auckland and Wellington for a fact-finding mission focused on electoral reform. The delegation observed New Zealand’s 2011 General Elections and Referendum on Electoral System Change, held on November 26th, and two delegates were officially invited to be a part of the New Zealand Election Commission’s International Guest Program. In addition, delegates met with party representatives, university professors, and a campaign spokesman on the history and importance of the referendum and learned about the five electoral systems on the referendum ballot: mixed member proportional, first past the post, supplementary member, single transferable vote, and preferential voting. They discussed key issues facing the referendum with electoral stakeholders and gathered relevant information that may be useful in the delegates’ own initiatives on electoral reform in Afghanistan. The intent of this trip, and other fact finding missions to India, Mexico, and South Africa, is to provide Afghan civil society leaders with alternative viewpoints on several electoral systems.