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Bill: Election Reform Act, 2409
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Democratic Socialists
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: September 2411
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 100
Current: 600
Proposed: 250
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:13:48, May 26, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party | To | Debating the Election Reform Act, 2409 |
| Message | We would not support an odd number of council seats, primarily because we abhor democratic systems where, in an election that close, we'd still determine a dominant majority. However, in the interests of increasing the effectiveness of democratic representation, we would support a seat increase. 100 councilmen is not enough to represent 140 million people. With those conditions in mind, we'd support any number of options: 200, 250, 500, 750... However, we suspect the JRP and SLP may oppose increases in seat numbers, so this legislation is perhaps better left to a later date. |
| Date | 23:30:52, May 26, 2007 CET | From | Jakania Republican Party | To | Debating the Election Reform Act, 2409 |
| Message | We would support an increase in seat numbers. We do agree with the PPP that an odd number would not help securing a majority because with the different parties, a majority party will still occur. 100 councilmen cannot represent 140 million citizens. That is 1 councilman for 1.4 million people. We would suggest 300 council seats so that 1 councilperson represents 466,000 people, but 200 is just fine. |
| Date | 15:28:57, May 27, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party | To | Debating the Election Reform Act, 2409 |
| Message | We would happily support a total of 300 seats. |
| Date | 21:54:52, May 28, 2007 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Election Reform Act, 2409 |
| Message | For the record, the reason we oppose increases in seat size is because it is a concrete example of government waste. When our nation's very heart employs twice as many people as it has any reason to, paying salaries to a hundred extra Councilpersons and their staffs and offices... It isn't a lot of money, but it's a prominent, central example. Not to mention how we keep renovating the assembly building or moving to new ones to accomodate the varying size of the Council. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 79 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 21 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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