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Bill: The Equal Representation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Pragmatists
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: March 2038
Description[?]:
| So as both Regions large and small my have equal footing in the legistlature. So as larger Regions will be prevented from ignoring the needs of smaller Regions... Therefor so be it |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From |  Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | All our States should recieve an equal voice in the goverence of their affairs. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | We feel this is not truly democratic, as 10 million could then have a voice equal to that of 15 million people. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | Democracy is over-rated... |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | PEP is decidedly not in favor. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | We agree with the NDP. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | IRP would oppose |
| Date | not recorded | From | Socialist Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the The Equal Representation Act |
| Message | The Socialist Party votes against. The representation should be as proportional as possible; therefore, larger regions should have more representatives. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 24 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "The communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas." - Karl Marx |