This is actually a radical change to local body electoral laws that have stood the test of time for 150 years. We do have also a quote in the commentary on the bill that says that if ECan does nothing, "it would deprive mana whenua of a voice at the Council table, and continue to deprive the Council of that direct input at the highest level.", but I do come back to the point that we have representation at the moment. This bill is about the ability for those current representatives to actually cast a vote, so they do have representation at the moment. 