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Bill: Fair Representations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand Independent Coalition
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: July 2404
Description[?]:
| Equality amongst representatives of each and every province on the National Assembly 1. So that no province dominate the assembly 2. So that every province be given equal attention 3. So that every province be heard 4. So that no province influence others in any way |
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 | 15:25:54, May 14, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Fair Representations Act |
| Message | "We'll have to observe the next elections before we support this. Wait until then to make such a dramatic change." -Lloyd V. Douglas CRP, Chairman |
| Date | 17:34:21, May 14, 2007 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Fair Representations Act |
| Message | Why should a Province with 18 million inhabitants have the same number of representatives as a Province with 28 million? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 430 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything!" - Rick Santorum |