Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Legal Beagle: Council Elections: STV Q&A, in reply to Brent Jackson,
Why do all STV multi-seat electorates have odd numbers ? What’s wrong with 4 or 6 seat electorates ?
Australian Senate Elections have states electing 6 Senators.
And Wellington's Southern Ward elects two.
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STV for national elections would require new multi-member electorates. The Royal Commission recommended there be electorates with 3-7 MPs (with 80% of electorates with 5 MPs). We could still have Maori electorates, probably 3 electing 4-5 MPs. There would not be a party vote. Proportionality of the parties of the candidates voters give their first preferences would probably slightly decrease.
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Legal Beagle: Oops: how some prisoners…, in reply to Andrew Geddis,
Did the OIA give you the names of the prisoners who would have been barred from voting, but now can?
No. I didn't ask, and if I had asked, would have been disappointed to be told.
I can't guess what the 160 prisoners serving determinate sentences are in for, but I would be suprised if any of the (up to) 31 lifers were in for anything other than murder (but possibly murder and other offences), or any of the (up to) six preventive detainees for anything other than serious sexual offences. One or two may be exceptions to these rules, but as any sentences would have been imposed by ~2000 at the latest, this seems unlikely.
It is of course possible that some of these prisoners were otherwise disqualified as at 16 December 2010 (it's not Corrections' job to know this), or that Corrections have answered my query with an answer that misinterpreted my query and have overtstated the number in some way from what I expected their answer to mean (I expected there to be some, but 31 lifers was higher than I anticipated).
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I should point out that there are a large number of other prisoners who can vote, and could vote under the old law, including people on remand, people on extradition warrants, those imprisoned for non-payment of fines, people imprisoned for contempt of court and others.
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... or, you know, not base political analysis on a single poll :-)
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Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
psych assessments
'psych' does not necessarily mean psychometric. There are certainly a large number of psychological tools that have some validity (although as with everything, at the margins there can be problems).
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Hard News: And one war ends?, in reply to Russell Brown,
If analogues are eligible for the approval process, that's a good thing.
I would be surprised if they were.
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Southerly: A Blog on Behalf of an…, in reply to BenWilson,
Images of David Garrett and Brendan Horan flash through my mind.
David Garrett always struck me as conscientious as far as legislation was concerned. Brendan Horan also seems to be taking his responsibilities seriously, with campaigns on particular issues (e.g. support for people with diabetes is a big one presently).
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PS I like the general idea.
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Southerly: A Blog on Behalf of an…, in reply to David Haywood,
Yes, I’m aware that the word “jury” only normally applies to trials, but I am using the terminology developed by my grandfather.
I'm not sure that's true. The concept has been used before, with citizens' juries or citizens' assemblies essentially taking the place of Royal Commissions.