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Bill: Post-Election Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dranian Free Anarchist Faction
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2498
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 22
Proposed: 0
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may set curfews, but national government does not.
Current: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation maintains no intelligence agency.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not regulate video games.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:24:09, December 08, 2007 CET | From | Freeminded People's Party | To | Debating the Post-Election Reform Bill |
| Message | There's a lot we agree with here, but there are enough bad provisions in this bill that we can't vote for it. |
| Date | 19:24:54, December 08, 2007 CET | From | Pro Grain Club | To | Debating the Post-Election Reform Bill |
| Message | Same as FPP, lot of good, but some awful |
| Date | 20:29:27, December 08, 2007 CET | From | Order of Valtiel | To | Debating the Post-Election Reform Bill |
| Message | The only good article is 7, the rest are pure evil. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 128 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 555 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 67 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt." - Dennis Miller |