electoral finance bill Archive

  • Metiria Turei

    Have your say on the electoral finance legislation - by Metiria Turei



    Now’s the chance to have your say on the Electoral Finance legislation that is currently before the Select Committee. Submissions close on 17  June so get in quick! The legislation as it stands will allow third parties to spend as much as they like on election campaigns. This is unfair because it doesn’t provide a level playing [...] read more
    June 11, 2010 10:56 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Would you support a Citizen’s Assembly? - by frog



    In the interest of keeping the EFB debate roughly tied to an EFB post, I post the question: Would you support a citizen’s assembly, as proposed by the Greens, to help sort out the outstanding issues remaining around the EFB? In very rough terms, it would constitute a random selection of individuals from each electorate [...] read more
    December 4, 2007 2:13 pm - 67 Comments
  • frog

    A rose by any other name - by frog



    Some on the right of the blogosphere seem to think that the Greens have done a backroom deal with Labour to get the Electoral Finance Bill through.  Well, it’s time I confessed.  I, Frog, did try to do a backroom deal with Annette King.  I snuck out of my corner in Bowen House across the [...] read more
    December 4, 2007 10:21 am - 26 Comments
  • frog

    Protecting freedom of speech and fairer elections - by frog



    Here’s a few quotes from Russel and Metiria at their press conference on the Electoral Finance Bill on Monday: “…Democracy is a fundamental principle of our society. But democracy does not happen in a vacuum. It happens in a society which is increasingly characterised by inequality of wealth and that inequality of wealth can have [...] read more
    November 21, 2007 2:50 pm - 36 Comments
  • frog

    Herald defends disenfranchised Paratai Drive residents - by frog



    I’m confused.  Is the Herald confirming it thinks it is a good thing that a wealthy (sorry, ‘comfortable’) lawyer on Paratai Drive with very strong political views should be able to unaccountably spend $250,000 campaigning for or against whichever political party he wants? That hardly seems a level playing field for John Key’s favoured voters [...] read more
    November 14, 2007 10:47 am - 13 Comments