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Bill: Reasonable Term Length Amendment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nous-Mêmes
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 2090
Description[?]:
| Seeing that the Aldurian Republic would be better served by setting elections on an bi- or triennial cycle, the Moderates propose that the maximum term length be set at 36 months. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 30
Current: 48
Proposed: 36
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:44:30, August 01, 2005 CET | From |  Nous-Mêmes | To | Debating the Reasonable Term Length Amendment |
| Message | To encourage less confusion about the election dates, we propose altering the term length, so that barring an early call for elections, elections will stay in the same month every term, rather than alternating between months. In the interests of having sufficient time to enact all proposals within the course of the term (which take at minimum 8 months to enact), we suggest a 3-year, or 36 month term. How do my colleagues feel about this proposal? |
| Date | 16:32:52, August 01, 2005 CET | From | Market Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Term Length Amendment |
| Message | The Market Socialist party feels that 3 years will be too short, parties and canadates will be so busey with their re-election campaignes that they will not have time to rule the nation well. We think that perhaps 5 years, or 60 months will do much better. |
| Date | 19:09:59, August 01, 2005 CET | From | Nous-Mêmes | To | Debating the Reasonable Term Length Amendment |
| Message | we'll consider 5 years, though we really don't feel that in the interests of constant renewal, that we should go over 4 years (48 mo). Any other thoughts? |
| Date | 22:23:05, August 01, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Party of Aldurian Republic | To | Debating the Reasonable Term Length Amendment |
| Message | DP supported this proposed. |
| Date | 23:30:03, August 01, 2005 CET | From | Market Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Term Length Amendment |
| Message | The Market Socialists will support a bill that is for a 4 year term limit. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 81 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair |