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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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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HOPEWELL-1313

I have never yet felt that my concerns are represented adequately in the legislature, or that my voice is ever really heard. I think the MMP model offers the simplest and best chance for my concerns to be represented in the legislature. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Rainey Hopewell
Date: Aug 13, 2004

GRAHAM-1312

MMP representation leaves our current system of one local representative per riding intact, then achieves proportionality with the second vote for the preferred party. It is simple to understand and vote counting is straightforward. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Beatriz Graham
Date: Aug 13, 2004

THOMPSON-1311

A system that retains winner take all in rural areas but switches to STV for urban centres would be a transparent attempt to disenfranchise urban voters. Even rural residents like myself are repulsed by such a prospect. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change, Regional representation
Author: Mr Peter Thompson
Date: Aug 13, 2004

ODELL-1310

I am in favour of MMP.  I believe that it is important to be able to vote both for the individual who best represents one's interests, concerns and goals as well as the party that best represents these attributes. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Liam Odell
Date: Aug 13, 2004

VANDER VEEN-1308

Please seriously consider Mixed Member Proportional Representation [MMP] as the simplest, fairest and most understandable electoral reform. Clearly we cannot continue with this present unfair, unrepresentative system. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Jessica Vander Veen
Date: Aug 13, 2004

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