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Bill: Legislative Term Limit Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal 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 2582
Description[?]:
| This bill will: 1) Increase the legislative term to 4 years |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 36
Current: 60
Proposed: 48
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:58:16, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | I am not really sure on this, could go both ways. |
| Date | 00:15:29, May 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | Four years seems reasonable.; |
| Date | 03:22:00, May 25, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | I prefer more frequent elections. The current # of months seems fine. What benefit is there to extending the time between elections? |
| Date | 07:08:34, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Pariah Idealism | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | The longest I would like this to be is 40 months. We had an increase last time. I don't think this would be wise. |
| Date | 07:25:36, May 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | Why? |
| Date | 07:31:02, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Pariah Idealism | To | Debating the Legislative Term Limit Act |
| Message | Too long, people get elected many times over and this would stagnate the system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 79 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 31 |
| Random fact: Large scale RP planning (such as wars, regional/continental conflicts, economic collapse, etc.) should be planned (as best as it can be) and should have consent of a majority of players involved. |
| Random quote: "Envy is the cause of political division." - Democritus |