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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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

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NEWMAN-1486

Of the many systems of PR in the world we can choose which would be best for BC.  The most important aspect of this electoral change is that there should be a direct relationship between seats gained and votes cast.  [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Virginia Newman
Date: Sep 01, 2004

MEAD-1485

I favour MLAs dedicated to a specific riding, and representation where seats reflect support from the voting population. As some variety of MMP system addresses both my concerns, I support such a proposal for change. [1 page] 
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Johanna Mead
Date: Sep 01, 2004

PARKER-JERVIS-1484

My view is for a system where top votes get the seat, but other seats are allocated according to the overall proportion of votes given to parties [MMP].  [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Noel Parker-Jervis
Date: Sep 01, 2004

SWEENY-1483

I favour MMP.  The legislature should have rules of procedure to ensure that all decisions are by free vote.  MLAs should always consider their constituency wishes as more important than loyalty to any political party. [1 page]
Category: Democratic government, Electoral system change
Author: Sedley Sweeny
Date: Sep 01, 2004

FRICKER-1482

There should be a specified minimum time for party membership before members can vote in the selection of a candidate, instead of last minute mass sign up. I would like to be able to rank the candidates 1, 2, and perhaps 3. [1 page]
Category: Democratic elections, Electoral system change
Author: Stanley A Fricker
Date: Sep 01, 2004

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