The Justice Committee has called for submissions on the Electoral Amendment Bill. The bill makes a number of technical changes to electoral administration, and while these are good, it could do so much more. Obvious things to demand in your submission:
- Greater transparency around donations, including lower the donation disclosure threshold to $1500 and requiring rolling disclosure so we can see who is buying our politicians as it happens;
- Removing the 5% threshold, or at least accepting the Electoral Commission recommendation to lower it to 4%;
- Restoring voting rights for prisoners to remove an ongoing breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and the BORA.
