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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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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BACKUS-0701

I favour a mixed member proportional [MMP] system. The current system needs to be changed so my vote counts! Democracy is at risk in the present system. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Gretchen Backus
Date: Jun 19, 2004

BAILEY-0570

Whichever system of electoral distribution is chosen, without rules to require honourable behaviour you will never get honourable representatives to work for you.  [2 pages]
Category: Democratic government
Author: D Bailey
Date: Jun 07, 2004

BAKER-0040

The electoral system should be modified to give each voter one 'for' and one 'against' vote on the ballot paper.  This would encourage middle of the road candidates and foster more compromise and agreement in parliament. [6 pages]
Category: Democratic elections, Electoral system change, Other
Author: Robert Baker
Date: Dec 28, 2003

BAKER-0191

I would like to see the MMP replace our present system. I truly do believe that we need in this Province and Country to re-enfrancise the many people that feel so disenfrancised by the present sytem. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Jim Baker
Date: Apr 15, 2004

BAKER-0457

By choosing the MMP system, we would join 70 countries throughout the world who have reformed their electoral systems to more equitably and effectively represent the votes of their citizens. [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Ms Louella Baker
Date: May 22, 2004

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