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Bill: Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militant Libertarian Front
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2354
Description[?]:
| This act ensures it is not possible for a government and an opposition to be of equal number, resulting in a hung assembly. It does this by reducing the number of seats in the Assembly from 600 to 599. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 600
Current: 350
Proposed: 599
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:16:36, February 01, 2007 CET | From | Loving Big Brother Party | To | Debating the Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act |
| Message | Such a problem would still occur if the two leading parties had an equal amount of votes, and none of the third parties were willing to form a coalition. |
| Date | 21:08:49, February 01, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act |
| Message | yes but a majority would still be guaranteed in votes. There would be no chance of a 300/300 split. |
| Date | 21:42:15, February 01, 2007 CET | From | Advancement of the Human Race | To | Debating the Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act |
| Message | there is never a tie since the ICP and the TABS party are like spouses. |
| Date | 22:05:38, February 01, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act |
| Message | surely you should be a bit more forward thinking than the current situation AHR. This is about the electoral system, not the parties in the system. The fact is that it is possible for a tie to occur...surely a fundamental flaw. |
| Date | 21:50:48, February 02, 2007 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Guaranteed Assembly Majority Act |
| Message | We will support this, but would prefer a reduction in the number of seats to reduce bureaucracy and confusion. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 371 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!" - Winston Churchill |