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Date received	Tags	Submitted by	Submission
29 Feb 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds)	A J Rutherford	The threshold should consistently be applied so that an elected member would not bring in additional members if the Party (ie the Party s/he represented) vote was less than the threshold - currently 5%
27 Feb 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Dual Candidacy	A J Petersen	All parties must have at least one electorate seat before being able to take other list members into Parliament An aspiring MP should not be able to both stand in an electorate and be on the Party list, one or the other only.
30 May 2012	Other issues	A Dickson	Too many non elected list canditates qualify for a seats when the threshold is 5%. Only the candidate who wins a seat by votes on electin day should be the MP for that seat. List seats are added when the party achieves 10% of the total vote. This adds 1 candidtate for 10% and 1 for every % there after.
19 Feb 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) By-election candidates Dual Candidacy Order of candidates on the list Overhang Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	A C G Bremner	THRESHOLDS: At least one voted in MP plus a 8-10% of party vote BY-ELECTIONS: Yes a list MP should be able to stand. DUAL CANDIDACY: No not for both ORDER OF CANDIDATES: Political parties to rank list OVERHANG: If a party wins more elected seats than it would under its share of the party vote then thats OK. PROPORTIONING OF SEATS: One list seat for every four elected seats providing the party reaches a 8-10% threshold of the party vote.
27 May 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) By-election candidates Order of candidates on the list Overhang Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	A . MOORE	MY VIEWS ON MMP FOLLOW i) THRESHOLDS SHOULD BE 5% OR 2 ELECTED MPS ii) BY-ELECTIONS SHOULD ONLY BE CONTESTED BY NON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. PEOPLE ON LISTS BUT NOT IN PARLIAMENT OK . iii) ORDER OF CANDIDATES ON LISTS IS A MATTER FOR PARTIES TO DETERMINE . iv) SHOULD A PARTY WIN MORE ELECTORAL SEATS THAN ITS "PERCENTAGE SHARE " WOULD ALLOW THOSE ELECTED SEATS SHOULD BE HONOURED . NOT TO DO SO IS A BREACH OF DEMOCRACY. V) PROPORTION OF ELECTORATE SEATS TO LIST SEATS SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME . OVER TIME THAT MAY MEAN ENLARGING SOME ELECTORATES AND DIVIDING SOME OTHERS . THAT CAN BE DONE WITH PUBLIC CONSULTATION . vi) OTHER ISSUES :THE ONLY DANGER (iv) IS IF 5 or 6 CANDIDATES WIN SEATS BUT party vote ONLY 1%
9 Mar 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds)	<Michael Chambers	Eligibility for list seats should be 4%. The present level discriminates against minority groups that might in essence be campaigning on one major issue, rather like a referendum. The lower threshold would force the major Parties to be more aware and to take more notice of significant single issues. Any Party ,or candidate, winning seat(s) but recieving less than the 4% threshold should have no entitlement to any other seat(s),
28 May 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds)	Paul Treadwell	To avoid the situation as illustrated in Epsom, I think the one-seat threshold should be removed. The 5% threshold should either be removed or reduced.
28 May 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) By-election candidates Dual Candidacy Order of candidates on the list Overhang Other issues	Lloyd M Saunders	List Seats Should be eliminated By election candidates should be elected by public from electorate list Dual candidcy should no be allowed Order of Candidates should be set by party Overhang should be eliminated to comply with a fixed total of MP's Proportion of electorate to List seats ,Should be a minimum of 5% of total vote There should be a maximum of 90 seats in total in Parliament
16 Feb 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) Dual Candidacy Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	John Tucker	To ensure that there is clear representation, I submit that the threshold be lifted to 10%, and if a party obtains no electorate seats that maximum number of list MPs that can represent the party be limited to 6. This will encourage more electorate representation. No person may stand on both the electoral list and on the party list. One or the other, not both. This will prevent dual candidacy. The electorate seats must always be substantially more than the list seats available to encourage greater electoral representation. Members of Parliament must always represent the people, not the party.
23 Apr 2012	Basis for eligibility for list seats (thresholds) By-election candidates Dual Candidacy Order of candidates on the list Overhang Proportion of electorate seats to list seats	Frederick and Janice Swallow	PAGE 5/6 Yes, reduce to 2% because folk we may not know anything about are given a seat although we had no opportunity to vote them in. PAGE 7/8 No, as many on the list could well be unsuitable as elected MPs. PAGE 9/10 No, because if they have lost their seat in the election, it is farcical they can enter as a list MP. PAGE 11/12 Definitely. Voters should decide. Political parties deciding to place their own chosen candidates takes away the democratic right of voters to have their say when they vote. PAGE 13/14 No overhang, Should be kept to the number of electoral seats they have won and no list MPs added. PAGE 15/16 Keep to electorate seats.