Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will speak to the motion. It’s only under the context that people can use the data. Perhaps the word could have been chosen a little differently, but it’s really meant in the context of being able to use the data and sort it on, for example, an Excel spreadsheet. The information that was provided -- the public’s information that is -- to candidates was in a pdf form and Members who were candidates and whatnot, they could only print it off. They couldn’t move it around, shuffle it, create databases. It was you take it as you get it and print it off and then you had to manually go retype stuff. So it was a significant issue in a number of electoral districts by a number of candidates. In the 2003 election, the voters list was provided in an Excel format and with that candidates were able to sort districts, sort streets and reformat them. So, Mr. Chairman, the principle of the word “manipulated’ is nothing more than from a sense of reorganizing information. Unfortunately, it has a negative sound to it and it’s not meant in that method in any way. Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Committee Motion 37-16(3): Rules And Procedures Report 4-16(3): Provision And Format Of Voters List, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 37-16(3): Rules And Procedures Report 4-16(3): Provision And Format Of Voters List, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
May 27th, 2009
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