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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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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BURGERJON-0426

I have always found it difficult to decide for whom to vote, because of the peculiar and outdated electoral system we have here.  Any PR system would be acceptable, but I would prefer a Mixed Member Proportional [MMP] system. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Ms Jessie Burgerjon
Date: May 17, 2004

BURGERJON-0455

My vote is not being translated into representation at all. I vote but it is not counted for the party for whom I voted in any way that matters.  This is extremely frustrating and will result in me and others not voting at all. [1 page]
Category: Democratic elections
Author: Paula Burgerjon
Date: May 21, 2004

BURGESS-0551

Yes to proportional representation [PR]. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Robert Burgess
Date: Jun 05, 2004

BURGESS-0560

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: Montana Burgess
Date: Jun 06, 2004

BURGESS-0610

I think proportional representation [PR] is the best way to get more people involved in the voting process. If we can see that our vote counts, we are much more likely to exercise our right. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Debora Burgess
Date: Jun 10, 2004

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