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Steve Baron applied to the Clerk of the House of Representatives in April 2003 for a petition under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993 for a referendum to make citizens initiated referendums binding on the government. 20,209 signatures were collected, well below the requirement of 10% of the voting population.
Along with Jonathan Eisen, Steve Baron was editor of the book People Power: How to make the government listen to you, for a change. He also stood as an independent candidate in Pakuranga in 2005, coming third which surprised many pundits.
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