Thread: Ballots. Rigged or not

Originally Posted by R93

I am wanting to address the current format with DOC but pretty sure if I do it alone my issues will be filed in the rubbish bin.
I have never petitioned or tried to change anything political and have no idea how to be taken seriously when I try.

Good thread topic, interesting read.

Petition what exactly?

The starting point is to establish what you want changed without any speculation, so asking for the protocols/ policy involved in the ballots is the initial move.

Then you need to ask specific questions such as the total numbers each year applying (10 years worth??) and the frequency that individuals are successful and perhaps the block allocations, and nationality. (privacy issues will be cited to deny actual lists/ names)

From there you may derive the information you require to come back to the hunting public seeking a cause for change (survey) An example statement and question might be- person A has won a block 5 out of 7 years while person B has not been successful in 12 years-

-Do you think this a fair distribution of the resource?
-Would you support a stand down period of 3 years after a successful ballot?

Another example might be- Of 62 block allocations 47 went to parties which contained people who did not contribute to the management of our public resource by way of tax.

-Are you happy international hunters remove opportunities from resident hunters?
-Would you support an international hunter ballot fee of 10 times that of a resident?

As far as ballot probity you might like to offer vulnerabilities in current policy and offer suggested changes to enhance the chance of equal distribution of opportunity. Once policy is obtained a group think tank like this is advantageous in identifying areas of exploitation.

Research. Give examples of fairer systems in place e.g. some US states do not allow non (state) resident hunters as they do not contribute to state taxes (let alone international hunters). How are block distributed elsewhere?

Collation of facts, public perception and suggestions may then be used to push for change (if that is the leaning). Remember there isn't a big base that would oppose a quest for the most integral fair system possible so resistance shouldn't be strong but government organisations often feel duty to oppose and draw out information gathering exercises or public led change. Be patient and smile.

***Note my example questions are based on information read on this thread and are not fact.