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Bill: Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
Status[?]: passed
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[?]:
| A bill to remove the unfair weighting of seats in the body, giving each person fair and equal representation. |
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 pseudo-proportional algorithm that gives considerable advantage to smaller regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | I'd prefer the more democratic proportional system in which the larger regions get more seats as they have a larger population. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | I do not think that would be fair, however this is a step in that direction. As it stands now, large regions have a small amount of seats when compared to the small regions. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | I would advocate the implementation of this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | We prefer the weighted system, as it allows for better represenation of smaller communities in the wider political picture. As such, we would not support this amendment. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | Why should smaller communities be better represented? I agree with SDP-- there's no reason for smaller regions to have an advantage. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | "I do not think that would be fair, however this is a step in that direction." Furthermore, this isn't a step in that direction. The algorithm gives advantage to smaller regions but I assume that larger regions still have more votes; this bill would give smaller regions the exact same number of seats as larger ones. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | Not how I read it. Hold on, let me get a clarification from the admin. I see that as the same preportional representation, because if you look at it in proposal mode you can see that's how it seems to be. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | Okay, working with the admin to fix this ;) |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | What you're asking for is proportional representation, which is actually mathematically impossible. Every algorithm where the number of seats is fixed (which is the case here, I can't make that dynamic) will have some imbalance. The fairest algorithm is the one giving a small advantage to bigger nations, it's the same algorithm used for seat distribution in a region. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | So that. Bring to a vote? |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Equal Voting Rights Act of 2036 |
| Message | What I was saying was that "equal representation" means all regions have the same number of seats, regardless of size. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 77 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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