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SUBMISSIONS FROM THE PUBLIC

Members of the public sent to the Assembly a total of 1,603 public submissions during the 13 months ended 27 September 2004. And you can access them all lower down on this page.

Incidentally, the numbers on the submissions appear to show that there are 1,669 of them. After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603. Unfortunately, we cannot renumber the submissions to reflect that.

If a posted submission is dated after 27 September, that date refers to the date the submission was processed and posted to the website, not the date it was received. 

To help you navigate through the 1,603 submissions received from the public, here are:
  1. An introduction to the submissions, available as a Word document (40KB) or as a PDF document (110KB).
  2. A link to the View Submissions page, where you can read and/or search 1,603 submissions
  3. A complete list of the submissions and their abstracts, available as an Excel spreadsheet (472KB) or as a PDF (348KB)
  4. A guide to the longer submissions (i.e., 80 submissions that run four or more pages in length). This guide is available as a Word document (36KB) or as a PDF file (96KB).
  5. A list of the 80 longer submissions, indexed by electoral system and including abstracts. This list is available as an Excel spreadsheet (40KB) or as a PDF item (90KB).

Submission List

To read a submission in full, click on the submitter's name/number
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DEAN-1444

I am strongly opposed to proportional representation [PR] as it provides no relationship between a citizen and any representative. That is not democracy.  [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system no change
Author: R R Dean
Date: Aug 30, 2004

DEANE-0050

The electoral system should be changed so that MLAs are elected by a proportional system. This would remove complaints about 'wasted votes' and lead to a series of coalition governments with fewer shifts in policy than at present. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr. Ian Deane
Date: Jan 10, 2004

DEFALQUE-1123

If this country wants to increase voter turnout and fight apathy, we need proportional representation [PR]. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: John Defalque, Ex-BC, former resident of Kelowna
Date: Aug 12, 2004

DEL VILLANO-1297

The Citizens' Assembly must not show favoritism to PR to the exclusion of our traditional system.  Only if the CA's report is balanced will it be of true value. The test is, will it be understood by voters and result in a wise decision. [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system no change
Author: Gary Del Villano
Date: Aug 13, 2004

DELLER-0673

I think a mixed member proportional [MMP] representation system would best represent the fairness needed in our voting system. It has worked with success in other countries. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: May Deller
Date: Jun 17, 2004

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