Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Speaker: How's that three strikes thing…, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
Sure - but in the absence of a legitimate way for their consumers to obtain Game of Thrones, they're the people profiting off the illegitimate means.
Paying for SoHo isn't legitimate?
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Thanks!
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #2: Dual Candidacy, in reply to Ross Calverley,
But not your electorate vote, surely.
No. Which is why I didn't mention it :-)
Actually Jane, some organisations do allow non-candidates at meet the candidate meetings.
That has been my experience too.
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #3: The Submission, in reply to Tim McKenzie,
Different uses of the word "represent".
Active "Represent" all NZers, in the sense of working for them all. But they are representative of those who voted for them.
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #3: The Submission, in reply to Myles Thomas,
Perhaps you’re bemoaning the few candidates who openly discourage electorate votes for themselves such as Gareth Hughes and Paul Goldsmith.
I mostly was. I don't think Metiria Turei really wants to be an electorate MP in Dunedin either, but I acknowledge I could be wrong.
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #2: Dual Candidacy, in reply to Steve Withers,
I can’t see why any smaller party would waste a single good candidate in any electorate if the rule were to go.
They wouldn't. But I'm not sure that's a problem. Why do they run now, other than not to win?
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #2: Dual Candidacy, in reply to Steve Withers,
I asked on polling day if I was required to cast that vote. The refused to answer my question…which I found annoying.
I suspect the person answering it just wasn't sure, and didn't want to mislead you.
The answer is "no".
You may cast a party vote and not a candidate vote, and your party vote will still count.
You may cast a candidate vote and not a party vote and your candidate vote will still count.
If instead of not casting one, you cast an informal or invalid vote (voting for multiple people, crossing out everyone's name, swearing on the ballot about how much you hate that safe candidate) your party vote will still count (but please don't, because working people count these things).
If you cast a special declaration vote because they can't find your name on the electoral roll, and it turns out the reason they couldn't find your name was that you got your electorate wrong, so were voting in the wrong electorate, your party vote will still count.
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #3: The Submission, in reply to linger,
Impressive content aside, some proofreading of language is still needed
I very much imagined that would be the case, but I was very very tired by the time I finished :-)
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Legal Beagle: MMP Review #3: The Submission, in reply to Steve Curtis,
Hard to see why the reference to the Nazi party was necessary.
Because that's a common example used by those who favour high thresholds.
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Not even 7000 words. I have failed :-)