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Bill: Regional Naming Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Cultural Alliance
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: March 2462
Description[?]:
| Subdivisions shall henceforth be called "marches" instead of "cantons" for no reason besides it sounds cooler. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: Canton
Current: Samveldi (Commonwealths)
Proposed: March
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:35:54, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the Regional Naming Act |
| Message | Canton sounds too much like canteen anyway. Supported. |
| Date | 06:10:21, September 27, 2007 CET | From | United Labour Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Regional Naming Act |
| Message | I like canton. Provinces in Telamon have always been called cantons since the start of the game. |
| Date | 14:49:46, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Regional Naming Act |
| Message | Canton sounds like chinese food. But March is a verb, or a month. I don't like it to be used to describe regions. |
| Date | 18:45:13, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Telamonese Cultural Alliance | To | Debating the Regional Naming Act |
| Message | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 200 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 357 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 193 |
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