We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Number of Seats
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imbriglicated Party
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: February 2452
Description[?]:
750 seats could lead to stalemates devastating to our nation. 749 seats would serve us much better and would avoid this problem. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 650
Proposed: 749
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 12:51:50, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | Tied votes might be an issue if the country had only two parties. As things stand, there has never been a perfectly even split in the history of Rutania. |
Date | 13:17:56, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Imbriglicated Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | This is a well known problem even in parliamentary systems with multiple parties - not just in two-party systems. Also; just because it has not happened earlier does not mean it could not happen in the future. |
Date | 01:29:11, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | Opposed. However, we would support reducing the number of seats from 750 to 435.. |
Date | 05:24:06, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Stupidfly Urbanist Exapansion Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | There's really no chance of a stalemate ever happening, each party would have to have equal representation on both sides of an agreement, with the addition of those that abstain it makes the odds very small. |
Date | 05:29:10, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | Actually one of my bills stalemated perfectly. Let me find it. |
Date | 05:33:05, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=132225 I like round numbers like 750 because of mild OCD, so I voted no. |
Date | 16:38:56, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Vox Popularis Imperator | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | Comically insignificant. |
Date | 16:42:06, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Imbriglicated Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | How little you know. |
Date | 19:40:51, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | At this point it wouldn't pass even if we voted in favor. So it goes. |
Date | 01:31:27, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Stupidfly Urbanist Exapansion Party | To | Debating the Number of Seats |
Message | Apparently if the vote comes up even then it doesn't pass anyways, so a true majority is needed, which is proper. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 493 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 257 |
Random fact: Players consent to the reasonable and predictable consequences of the role-play they consent to. For example, players who role-play their characters as committing criminal offences should expect those characters to experience the predictable judicial consequences of that. |
Random quote: "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" - Mahatma Gandhi. |