Three quarters of Bermudians want to have a constitutional conference before any changes are made to the constitution which would alter the electoral system, according to the latest poll commissioned by The Association for Due Process and the Constitution.

The findings are consistent with previous polls taken by the Association last year.

A total of 404 registered voters were included in the poll which had a 4.9 percent margin of error.

It showed that 74.7 percent of the respondents wanted a conference while 24 percent did not.

Whites (85.6 percent) were more likely to want a constitutional conference than blacks (68.7 percent).

And 30 percent of blacks polled said they did not want a conference to settle the matter of electoral reform. Only 13.7 percent of whites felt the same way.

Income differences were also apparent in the poll results as people with higher incomes were more likely to want a conference.

Sixty five percent of those with household incomes of up to $50,000 said "yes" when asked if they wanted a constitutional conference, while 33 percent answered "no".

And in the $50,000 - $100,000 bracket, the numbers were 77.6 percent and 22 percent respectively.

Among those earning over $100,000, 85 percent said they wanted a conference and just 13.9 percent said they did not.

The Association released the results this week. It has consistently maintained that the constitution should not be changed without a constitutional conference.

But Government has gone ahead with its plans to have the Boundaries Commission recommend the number and boundaries of constituencies in a revamped single seat electoral system. By an Order in Council passed last summer the number of seats recommended must be between 20 and 40.

And the Boundaries Commission report will be debated in the House of Assembly and sent to Whitehall together with a report of the House debate, before another Order in Council is made to change the system.

The British Government has said that a constitutional conference at that stage is neither ruled in nor ruled out.