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Bill: Election Representations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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: March 2107
Description[?]:
| Where as the population is currently: 47,149,495 Where 400 seats are too many, and 100 are too few, and no proportional system based on population exsists. If every 300,000 citizens (Rounded down) gets 1 member of parliament then the number of seats should be 157. Therefore this formula shall apply after every election based on population, and the number of seats should be changed to 157. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 400
Current: 750
Proposed: 157
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:37:38, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election Representations Act |
| Message | Tax and spend...why oppose this? This is a formula which can properly represent the people. Why oppose such a measure? |
| Date | 10:59:43, September 06, 2005 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Election Representations Act |
| Message | Again, because it means less representation for the people. |
| Date | 19:39:26, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Election Representations Act |
| Message | not this time BCP. however I will support because I think 400 is a joke. |
| Date | 20:13:15, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election Representations Act |
| Message | This creates a fair system Tax and Spend, this is a system we need in place, it is fair and democratic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 146 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "The only place where democracy comes before work is in the dictionary." - Ralph Nader |