15 May 2013_Party Positions on MMP

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Party positions on Electoral Commission (EC) recommendations

National Labour Green NZ First Maori Mana ACT United

EC Recommendations

Lower Party VoteThreshold to 4%

EC to review this after 3general elections

5% 4% 4% (needs to beseen as

package withelectorate vote

threshold)

5% (except ifa party winsan electoratethen it should

be 4%)

Lower than 5%(no specific %

specified).

Support EC

reviewingthreshold after 3

elections

Lower toeffectively 1 seat,but if not, then at

least to 3%.

Support ECreview but prefer

having after 2elections

5% 3% butwould not

oppose anyreduction to

4%

Abolish one ElectorateSeat Threshold

Retain Status

Quo

Abolish Abolish (needsto be seen aspackage with

party vote

threshold)

Abolish (but ifa party winsan electoratea 4% party

votethreshold

should apply)

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo, if party vote

threshold notsubstantially

reduced

Retain StatusQuo

RetainStatus Quo

Overhang Retain Statusquo

Noresponse

Retain StatusQuo (however,

prepared toaccept if

legislation

enacts all ECrecs)

Impact ofsuggested

changeshould bedebated

Remove ifelectorate seat

thresholdabolished

Retain Status Quo Retain StatusQuo

RetainStatus Quo


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Review proportion ofElectorate Seats toList Seats with 60/40ratio preferred

Retain Statusquo, but the

tolerancebetween

electoratepopulationsshould be

increased to10%

Noresponse

Supportsconsideration ofputting in place

a ratio ofelectorate to list

seats

Supports60/40 ratio

Supportsconsidering

fixing ratio butonly after MaoriElectoral Optioncompleted andonly if size oflarge Maori

electorates is

reduced

Supports ratio solong as largegeographic

electorates dontbecome larger

Not alegislative

priority to fixthe problemof growingnumber ofelectorates

Do notsupport should beconsideredin future.

List Ranking Retain StatusQuo

Noresponse

Retain StatusQuo

(note this implied bysupport of statutoryDeclaration rec

see below)

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo


RetainStatus Quo

Dual candidacy Retain StatusQuo

Noresponse

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo


RetainStatus Quo

List MPs contestingby-elections

Retain StatusQuo

Noresponse

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo

Retain StatusQuo

List MPs shouldbe barred from

by-elections canalways resign and

stand

Retain StatusQuo

RetainStatus Quo


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Statutory Declarationby parties that theyhave complied withrules in selecting andranking list candidates

Retain statusquo

Noresponse

Support Support, but alsobelieves that all

parties should berequired to give

members at leastone opportunityfor direct inputinto party list

selection

Do notsupport

Version of Party rulesto be used in disputesis one held by ECunder s71B

Support Do notsupport

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