Survey Question – Should the law be changed to allow same – sex couples to marry ?
YES or NO – mark one box only
Survey Result number and percent of total
Electors – total 16 , 006 , 180
Voters – yes 7 , 817 , 247 or 48 . 84 % of 16 , 006 , 180
Voters – no 4 , 873 , 987 or 30 . 45 % of 16 , 006 , 180
informal vote 36 , 686 or 00 . 23 % of 16 , 006 , 180
no response 3 , 278 , 260 or 20 . 48 % of 16 , 006 , 180
Survey Review not signed / not sealed / not delivered
In essence 79.52 % of the surveyed electors which did represent the combined yes and no and informal vote , consciously or unconsciously , supported marriage – or sexual control and repression – while 20.48 % of the surveyed electors – the non respondents – did not so support marriage . The vote result would have been considered irrelevant and immaterial by its orchestrators providing over 50 % of electors lodged the form hence the emotive and heated 6 week lodgement prelude period . Two common English gaming expressions exemplify and explain this scenario
a two horse race – conventionally meaning there being only 2 possible results despite the participation number or option choice associated with an event – horse race – when in reality there exist only the one desired outcome of control – by feigned competition
horses for courses – conventionally meaning different people , horses , are suited for different things or situations , courses , when in reality horses , people , are easier lead both individually and especially collectively along clearly defined and outlined courses
– or known and structured options requiring minimal personal thought and responsibility
A true legal mandate requires a real simple majority of half & half again which means at least 75 % total elector support and not the simplistic current corrupted 50 % plus ( 1 ) of the vote – or electors that voted in an election . Neither the Yes or No advocates for the Marriage Law Postal Survey of 2017 achieved that so there exist no mandate but a proper legal mandate on such an issue would have required at least 90 % total elector support
Because the pre-survey legislation defined marriage as being between a woman and a man there did not exist reason for a NO survey form option other than provoking mass form lodgement . In a situation whereby YES presented as the only survey option then the No advocates would not have lodged the survey form thereby making the whole exercise a true survey of all electors rather than it being a vote amongst an elector mix