I think that the problem with MMP is that they didn't take it far enough.

I would like to propose a 'dual house' parliament, with the lower house having 100 seats, and the upper house 50 seats.

Lower house is comprised of 'list' MPs, no 5% threshold, 1% of vote gets you 1 seat. 10.5% gets you 10 seats - 45.9% gets you 45 seats. Unfilled seats get filled by a lottery taken from enrolled AND voting citizens. Simply tick the box for your party vote, then on a SEPARATE form fill in your name and contact details if you want to be eligible for 'the lottery' - and a nice MP's salary. And it would be nice to have some MP's who were not professional politicians!

Upper house is comprised of electoral seats, and is the pool from which Cabinet members can be taken. NO Cabinet members allowed from lower house. That way, if they screw up, then their electorate can (hopefully) remove them. Electoral boundaries to be re-shaped only. And only to balance out population distribution imbalances. IF (due to population growth, and inability to evenly distribute voter distribution) - more upper house (electorates) seats are required, then the ratio of upper to lower house seats must be maintained. And the ratio of vote for the lower house must also be maintained, so 1 more electorate means 1 more upper house seat, and 2 more lower house seats, and the lower house threshold increases to 1.02% of party votes per seat.

PM to be selected from party with most MP's - taken from upper and lower houses. BUT - PM must be a member of the upper house.

Move elections out to 4 yearly (helps reduce long term costs), and have an elected 'El Presidente' chosen 2 years after the main elections. (Yes, I know that's what the 'merkins do, but they're allowed to have the occasional 'good idea').

The President would be basically replacing the 'Governor General' - face it - what real relevance does the Queen have to this country these days?

And I KNOW some of you are gonna yell "But there's TOO MANY politicians already!"
And what makes better 'democracy'? More people voting? And more parties? Or less?
Errm - that's "less" as in Stalin, Mao, Hitler, et al...

Oh - and secret ballot voting in parliament - members should be allowed to vote their conscience, not as they're dictated to - either by party higher ups, OR peer pressure (aka bullying).

Feedback?

Steve,

if we allow our politicians to vote secretly, then we will be taking them at their word, which is a dangerous thing, as we know that they are not always up front with their views and policies, ala Don Brash and his successor Mr Key, and also our labour friends David Parker and David Benson-Pope who have a track record which is murky to say the least.

I welcome your call for reform, but i believe that the current system of porportional representation is failing our nation. when two parties in parliament represent 80% of the voting public, they should work together across party lines to ensure that our political system is not held to ransom by extremists from both left and right (The Greens, Maori Party, ACT). Instead, they spend their time in the debating chamber throwing mud and wasting tax payers money.

New Zealand seems to have forgotten that Politicians are employed by the public. we pay their wages, their additional benefits, and their taxi fares.

I have a new electoral system that i am developing as a part of my studies, which i believe will solve the small party problem, by forcing our political parties to be selected by a process of binding referendums, before the winners go on to a general election to see who will govern NZ.

I'll Keep ya posted!

Josh

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