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Thread ID: 127657 2012-11-05 18:09:00 changes to MMP voting system Frank_sumbody (16923) PC World Chat
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1310616 2012-11-05 18:09:00 Anybody here make any suggestions to our MMP voting system?

It made interesting reading at the web site (not sure of the URL or even if it is still there) The most interesting thing, most of the contributors where males (or people with males names) When I wrote to the local area newspaper about Rodney Hides yellow coat, the reply came from a female editor, I suggested she should make a comment to get more woman interested in MMP comments since they wanted the vote about a hundred years ago, and since NZ was the first to do that. But I dont think she took my comments any further, It left me thinking strange things. after all about half the voters are females.

One one more interesting comment came from a honorable female MP who gave the logic why the threshold for a party to get in is so high, I think it should be =100%/(number of MP's) But her comments where if a single person got in from a party, then they would not be able to do anything, but if four more list MP's got in then the team might be able to achieve something.
Frank_sumbody (16923)
1310617 2012-11-05 18:23:00 I hope all the suggested changes go through.

I have always like Proportional Representation as I see it as the only way a new party can ever get started.

I would have liked to have seen the threshold reduced to 1%. (That would have been true proportional representation)
The only supposed downside to that is that we might a few extra parties in Parliament.
But if we did they might only last one term unless they performed wel

It will be interesting to see how all the present parties react to the suggestions.
Digby (677)
1310618 2012-11-05 23:11:00 I want FPP back and commie parties like labor and the greens banned from taking part like Singapore. prefect (6291)
1310619 2012-11-05 23:20:00 I want FPP back and commie parties like labor and the greens banned from taking part like Singapore.A sensible suggestion, as usual :D KarameaDave (15222)
1310620 2012-11-05 23:35:00 I want FPP back and commie parties like labor and the greens banned from taking part like Singapore.

I dunno about you but the Greens have a lot more credibility than National ;)
pcuser42 (130)
1310621 2012-11-05 23:38:00 I dunno about you but the Greens have a lot more credibility than National ;)
+1
KarameaDave (15222)
1310622 2012-11-06 00:01:00 -1 prefect (6291)
1310623 2012-11-06 00:05:00 I dunno about you but the Greens have a lot more credibility than National ;)

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They do have more incredability!

Printing money
Global warming
ETS
Left wing communist ideals
Digby (677)
1310624 2012-11-06 00:09:00 -2
They do have more incredability!

Printing money
Global warming
ETS
Left wing communist ideals

Listening to the people, moving towards eliminating (unreasonable) discrimination...
pcuser42 (130)
1310625 2012-11-06 00:30:00 How would one just cull the number of MPs for a start? That would be the only good start to NZ politics. Seriously. rob_on_guitar (4196)
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