Government Reports & Legislation
Completed Citizen Assemblies
British Columbia Citizens Assembly
Official Site:
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
Government Proposal to Establish a Citizens Assembly, December 23, 2002,
39 pages:
Report on the Constitution of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
Summary Final Report, December 10, 2004, 20 pages:
Making Every Vote Count: The Case for Electoral Reform in British
Columbia
Detailed Final Report, December 10, 2004, 280 pages:
Making Every Vote Count: The Case for Electoral Reform in British
Columbia
Short Brochure: Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
Netherlands Citizens Assembly
Official Site:
Burgerforum Kiesstelsel
Final Recommendations Report, December 14, 2006, 26 pages:
The Electoral System Civic Forum's Recommendations*
Final Process Report, December 14, 2006, 54 pages: Process Report of the Electoral System Civic Forum
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Ontario Citizens Assembly
Official Site:
Citizens'
Assembly on Electoral Reform
Video Archive of the Proceedings:
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
Summary
Final Report, issued May 15, 2007:
One Ballot - Two Votes: A New Way to Vote in Ontario
Detailed Final Report, issued May 15, 2007: Democracy at Work: The Ontario Citizens' Assembly On Electoral Reform (280 Pages)
Official Site of the Students' Assembly on Electoral Reform:
Students' Assembly on
Electoral Reform
Report of the Students' Assembly on Electoral Reform: Students' Assembly on Electoral Reform
Bill 155, Introduced on October 24, 2006 and approved on April 18, 2007:
Electoral System Referendum Act of 2007 (to set October 10 referendum date): N.A.
Electoral System Referendum Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, Chapter 1
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_07e01_e.htm
Ontario Regulation 211/07 made under the Electoral System Referendum
Act, 2007
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_070211_e.htm
Elections Ontario Referendum Website: Referendum Ontario (also advertised as http://yourbigdecision.ca )
Proposed Citizen Assemblies
California
Bill A.C.A. No. 28, introduced on January 25, 2006: Citizens Assembly on Electoral Systems Act of 2006
New Zealand
Amendment: Supplemenatory Order Paper Number 170, introduced December 5, 2007
United Kingdom
Bill 88, introduced November 15, 2005; to require the Electoral Commission to establish a Citizen's Assembly to perform functions in relation to referendums
Vote on Bill 88, June 14, 2006: Floor Debate and Vote: 72 Ayes and 168 Noes.
House of Lords--Developments Since January 2004, Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library, Research Paper 07/82, December 3, 2007
Robert Hazell, Towards a New Constitutional Settlement – An Agenda for Gordon Brown’s First 100 Days and Beyond, June 2007
Robert Hazell, Constitution Unit response to Cm 7170: The Governance of Britain, July 2007
