I think we are all agreed on the notion of the efficacy of advance polling, that people like it, it works. There is a percentage of people who just wouldn't be able to get out and vote otherwise, so we are perhaps gathering a certain percentage of the voters.
Where this issue comes down for us is we are setting up a number of advance polls, but we are also setting up two full election days, and one of those election days is Sunday. I have had concern expressed to me from people like Professor Franks. They are already cynical of politicians who believe that getting called on Sunday, having the full political machine rolling out on their day off, is not something they seem favourable to. In fact they seem very resentful when I mention it, and these are not necessarily even people of Christian background. It's people who just don't like to be bothered on a Sunday.
Would the overall effectiveness of the advance polls work sufficiently without that final full-out Sunday election voting? I put it to the witnesses.