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Bill: Election (Proportional Representation) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: October 2445
Description[?]:
| An act to provide seats in the Grand Tribal Council in proportion to the population in each region. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Current: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
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 | 03:34:07, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Election (Proportional Representation) Amendment Act |
| Message | As it stands, the law is saying that the vote of a citizen in a larger region is less important than that of a citizen in a smaller region. This is hardly universal suffrage, it is clearly discriminatory. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 450 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
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