tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post3393942913405489623..comments2024-03-22T07:09:58.978+00:00Comments on Bob Hill Jersey Blog: Electoral Commission---Old Chestnuts revisitedBob Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-72879498169113728412012-09-20T18:58:24.903+01:002012-09-20T18:58:24.903+01:00Presume that you have now worked out that the 10% ...Presume that you have now worked out that the 10% rule on voter numbers related to elected representation is expressed under CDL (2002) 139....the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.<br /><br />Seek and ye shall find - but not at all surprising that our ex Bailiff, currently Jersey's "foreign Secretary" and a very senior Advocate had never heard of it before an expert from Bristol pointed it out!<br /><br />When oh when shall the 250 or so Jersey lawyers or our States ever take International treaties, obligations and standards seriously? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-11965821359872488522012-09-15T12:29:24.760+01:002012-09-15T12:29:24.760+01:0028 September 1769 - the day that has been erased f...28 September 1769 - the day that has been erased from Jersey's history is featured on the Electoral Commission website (se electoral commission gov.je). <br />Go to the submissions section and look for Dun Michael (4) - in other words Michael Dun's fourt submission - and you can see the original pages from the Court Record that were scribbled out in 1769 to conceal the evidence.<br />That day is especially important because it was the day when ordinary Jersey people protested and made the first stab towards creating a representative States of Jersey.<br /><br />The process continues to this day to make the States a democratic institution - but it is necessary to understand how we came to be where we are today through history...knowledge is power!Tom Gruchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384387998228996741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-31348336177736344252012-09-12T07:55:30.176+01:002012-09-12T07:55:30.176+01:00Hi Mark,
I opened your no submission above and wi...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I opened your no submission above and will say that there is very little in it that I can disagree with. However I felt that to do nothing was not really an option, because who knows the drip, drip approach may eventually succeed.<br /><br />I think that those who have attended any of the Hearings will be looking forward to seeing what impact, if any, that the 3 non States Members will have in the final report. A great deal of actual evidence has been given to support change and if it is ignored it is hoped that the report will explain why.<br />Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-30539176438076472512012-09-12T06:31:38.233+01:002012-09-12T06:31:38.233+01:00Reading the history you laid out I can see why som...Reading the history you laid out I can see why some take this approach <a href="http://jerseytoday.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-i-have-not-made-submission-to.html" rel="nofollow"> no submission</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com