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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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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DONEGAN-0532

I urge the Citizen's Assembly to recommend a system of proportional representation for future elections. A system as has been used in Germany for many years [MMP] is the fairest way to ensure true representation of all voters. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mrs Doris Donegan
Date: Jun 01, 2004

DOUGLAS-0735

I am ecstatic at the possibility of a change towards some form of mixed proportional representation [MMP]. I am so tired of trying to vote strategically, and knowing that my vote will likely be meaningless in any case. [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Tanis Douglas
Date: Jun 23, 2004

DREGER-0593

BC should adopt an MMP electoral system where half to two thirds of our MLAs are elected from single member ridings, and the remainder from a party list. Voters would have two votes; one for the local member, one for the party list. [3 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Henry Dreger
Date: Jun 09, 2004

DUBOIS-0029

A better way to form governments would be to use a 'None of the Above' (NOTA) ballot with random selection of members if NOTA wins.  This should be combined with a system of proportional representation. [2 pages]
Category: Citizens' Assembly process, Electoral system change
Author: Rob Dubois
Date: Dec 03, 2003

DUBOIS-0211

There should be some mechanism that allows candidates and parties to post (for public review) legally binding promises of performance. Our current system rewards deceit, leaving voters only to choose between liars. [1 page]
Category: Democratic government
Author: Patrick Dubois
Date: Apr 20, 2004

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