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Date received	Tags	Submitted by	Submission
6 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Other issues	Hazel Voelkerling	All list candidates should submit a written statement detailing their relevant background, employment history, experience etc so voters can be better informed. This could be made available on-line. The 5 percent threshold for the party vote should remain. However if a candidate wins an electorate seat this should not automatically bring in other list MPs if the party has not achieved 5 per cent of the party vote. Voters should rank list MPs.
6 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) By-election candidates Order of candidates on the list Overhang	Robert Hawke	4% should be the threshold, 5% is too high for a minor party to achieve because of the amount of money and organisation required to obtain this percentage across the whole country. List MPS should be allowed to stand as candidates in a by-election,they have been endorsed by their party and are well known to the electorate. Ranking to be done by political parties but in a democratic, transparent process consistent with all parties. If a party wins an electorate seat it should not get more seats than it would get under the share of the party vote. This will ensure that minor parties do not concentrate on one seat and are not seeking a mandate from the general electorate.
6 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Dual Candidacy Order of candidates on the list Overhang Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	Mary Keaney	1. Candidates should not be allowed to stand on for an electoral seat and also be on the party list. 2. The voters should rank list MPs not political parties. 3. The threshold for allocation for a list seat should be lowered to 4%. 4. With a parliament of 100 seats, 60 should be electorate, 40 list. 5. A party that wins more electorate seats than it would get under its share of the party vote should retain them and the list seats should be allocated according to the party vote. 6. List MPs who resign from their party should not be permitted to remain as indepentants.
1 Jun 2012	Overhang	Simon Collings	I believe that to handle the overhang issue we should "Take the number of additional list seats from the other parties entitlement". That way the government can budget for the right number of people and the NZ people won't get hit paying for more seats. In my opinion the key result for the review should be no more seats in parliament, preferably a decrease.
1 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Order of candidates on the list Overhang	Ian McDougall	The five percent level should remain the minimum. For more stable governance, the level could be even higher, e.g. 7 or 8 percent. The selection of the list should be left to each party; we the voters can then judge their thinking and this will help to determine my vote. While we have the present criteria and we can get overhangs, any changes that could increase that scenario would give unstable government, thus this would be foolish for the country's future.
1 Jun 2012	Dual Candidacy	Michelle Pillay	I think list seats are important, as they allow for more diversity in representation, such as the Deaf MP Mojo Mathers. I think list seats should be protected for the future of planning of NZ.
1 Jun 2012	Other issues	Richard Peri	Keep the current MMP system as it is. New Zealand has three official languages – English, Maori and NZSL. All information related to political parties and the election must be provided in NZSL. Please respect our language and the people of New Zealand. Tena koutou katoa.
1 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Dual Candidacy	Sara Alexander	Dual candidacy is an important issue, as I think its important to enable good candidates to enter parliament through either local electoral voting or via the list seats. Also would like to comment on the party vote threshold. I think it is a good idea to lower the threshold down to 4%, enabling more variation in parliament. 5% is a large vote, and those that miss out waste their time and the votes of those many New Zealanders who vote for them. Lowering the threshold means parliament has more diversity representing all of NZ.
1 Jun 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Dual Candidacy Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	Lynette Pivac	I don't believe a MP should be able to stand for both an electorate and a party list. One will need to choose one or the other. If one stands for an electorate and they don't win, that's just too bad. They should not be allowed to get into parliament through a back door; the party list. A list MP, without resigning their seat, should not be able to stand as a candidate in a by-election. Our threshold of 5% is also too restrictive, as shown when NZ First gained 4.1% of the threshold vote, and did not receive any seats. Therefore, a large percentage of people who voted for them did not have any representation. The proportion of electorate seats to list seats also needs looking at. Most of the population resides in Auckland, and as it grow
1 Jun 2012	Dual Candidacy	Nick Humby	In relation to the current rules allowing candidates to attempt election by having their name on the party list and on an electorate vote, enabling them to enter Parliament via a list even if they have failed to win an electorate seat. I think this rule is unfair, and creates a grey area for voters when it should be more black and white. It contributes to public confusion about how MMP works in practice. One clear example is John Banks’s Epsom seat basically giving National enough seats to govern. This feels dirty. A ruling party should be in that position on their own merit and votes, rather than on deals like that agreed to with Act this last election. It feels fundamentally unfair, the MMP system as a whole is not working, too many backr