During my EFB Submissions survey I made note of submissions where the submitter looked like he/she had actually read the bill. This had to include quoting what the bill actually said and/or a mention of a clause that may have been especially noteworthy to the submitter.

Most submission did not get this checkbox checked, most people had clearly been reading the COG, Kiwiblog, or other political blogs, and taken their queue from there.

But in some cases, it was obvious. The submitter had pulled apart the bill clause by clause. In general, if you mentioned a specific clause, you got this checked.

So what of the results?

Overall, I judged that 81 out of 567 read the bill.

I believe the chart makes uncomfortable reading for the left of the political spectrum. By overlaying my original “all submissions” chart, you can clearly see:

1. As with the Organisations, only the Labour Party read the bill and supported it
2. A disproportionate of the “General Amend” group failed to read the bill
3. Almost 3/4 of people who read the bill, opposed the bill.

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