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Bill: Strong Government Majority Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Reform 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: December 2580
Description[?]:
An Act to make Government Majorities stronger and more easily formed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 350
Current: 600
Proposed: 499
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 15:56:39, May 22, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | Pretty self-explanatory. I noticed that you had an even number of Members and thought it would be easier for majority making if it was an odd number. |
Date | 16:32:39, May 22, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | As an extra aside, I moved the number from 399 to 499 because 399 was divisible by three, while 499 is more of a prime number (I think) and 250 is a nice round number for a majority. |
Date | 17:28:13, May 22, 2008 CET | From | Party for a Federal Meritocracy | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | We've never had a tie, so we don't see this as a problem. Also, we would prefer a (much) lower number than the current 350. |
Date | 17:34:47, May 22, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | Ah right. I'm sorry for moving this to vote so soon, it was a mistake of mine. This could have been an interesting debate on the actual number. Damn, sorry. |
Date | 20:40:33, May 22, 2008 CET | From | Birleşik Demokrat Parti | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | I'll support it - the more politicians the better. |
Date | 21:12:55, May 22, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | I guess that means it is up to the SLP to decide. |
Date | 23:40:14, May 22, 2008 CET | From | Birleşik Demokrat Parti | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | And the SLP will vote 'No' I'd bet a thousand jaks on it. |
Date | 02:10:00, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | UJDP is totally correct. The fewer politicians, the better. More politicians means more salaries and staffs to be paid, and thus more extortio- I mean, tax money goes to waste. There's more to it than that, but that's the gist of my opposition. For the record, we don't have much opinion on the even-number-versus-odd-number debate. The even number looks nicer and is easier to calculate with, while the odd number reduces the probability of a tie. But we've never had a tie anyway. |
Date | 03:19:53, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Party for a Federal Meritocracy | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | So introduce again. For 75. Gives you the odd number and lowers the number of members (and thus cost) which we would support and which we suspect the SLP would also support. |
Date | 11:32:35, May 23, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | I'm sorry but 75 is far too low. I'd like to see a compromise however. To be honest, I think the problems stated are very minor things. Sure it would cost more in salaries, but it provides better representation for the people and stronger Governments. I thought 499 was actually quite low (considering the population of 120m). |
Date | 11:32:35, May 23, 2008 CET | From | United Reform Party | To | Debating the Strong Government Majority Act |
Message | I'm sorry but 75 is far too low. I'd like to see a compromise however. To be honest, I think the problems stated are very minor things. Sure it would cost more in salaries, but it provides better representation for the people and stronger Governments. I thought 499 was actually quite low (considering the population of 120m). |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 102 | |||
no |
Total Seats: 248 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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