A former Howard government minister has called for a ban on all forms of advertising, electronic messages and door-to-door campaigning during elections.
Wilson Tuckey, who also advocates postal voting to replace polling booths, has told the parliament's electoral matters committee the issuing of a writ for an election should trigger such a ban.
"I consider all voters should welcome peace at mealtimes," he said.
Instead, the electoral commission should conduct a single, pre-poll mailout to all voters with brief policy statements from political parties and commitments from independent candidates on key issues.
As well, the mailout should include a CV of each candidate, a ballot paper and return envelope.
He said new technology allowed the authentication of each voting slip.
"The same-sex marriage (postal vote) process has demonstrated the fundamental integrity of the voting public as has the operation of the WA local government postal vote," he wrote in a submission to the committee.
