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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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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BOWERS-0803

Keep the same number of ridings. Any candidate receiving over 50% of votes in his/her riding would be elected. In other ridings, MLAs would be selected from party representatives with the most votes but based on proportionality. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: A. Edward Bowers
Date: Jul 08, 2004

BOWERS-1109

It is clear to me that proportional representation [PR] is clearly and hands down the best system of democracy humans have been able to employ on a large scale to date. [1 page]
Category: Citizens' Assembly process, Electoral system change
Author: Chris Bowers
Date: Aug 11, 2004

BOWES-0391

I am writing to give my support to the system of proportional representation (Mixed Member Proportional, MMP) as modeled in New Zealand. I think this is the best available way to give a voice to the people who vote. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Nathan Bowes
Date: May 13, 2004

BOWES-0562

MMP will help voters to feel that their vote actually counts, especially when they want to see change, and will end this "voting for a party I dislike to avoid a party I dislike more" syndrome we've come to accept normal. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Marc Bowes
Date: Jun 06, 2004

BOWLES-1544

I favour MMP because it allows minority voices to be represented.  Parties need to be heard so that they can attract those who share their core values.  In comparison to MMP, the STV system is less voter friendly. [two pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Paul Bowles
Date: Sep 01, 2004

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