The principal researchers are:

Jack Vowles, j.vowles@exeter.ac.uk Susan Banducci, s.a.banducci@exeter.ac.uk Jeffrey Karp, j.karp@exeter.ac.uk University of Exeter

Raymond Miller, rk.miller@auckland.ac.nz Ann Sullivan, a.sullivan@auckland.ac.nz Jennifer Curtin, j.curtin@auckland.ac.nz University of Auckland

Plans for the 2008 Election Study

A 2008 Election Study is at the planning stage, with a draft questionnaire having gone through an initial period of consultation. It will include module 3 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) programme. Quotations have been solicited from organisations capable of carrying out the mailing and administration of the survey. Some funding from the University of Auckland and the Electoral Commission is confirmed, but more is needed to conduct the election study with a sample size equivalent to that of the last study in 2005.

For this reason, we invite proposals to ‘buy in’ to the survey, which could involve addition of a small number of questions or simply early access to the data prior to public release. Inquiries should be sent in the first instance to Professor Jack Vowles.