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Bill: Equal Representation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Republican Party (ZC)
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 2583
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:25:04, May 27, 2008 CET | From |  Federal Republican Party (ZC) | To | Debating the Equal Representation Act |
| Message | "Why are my respected colleagues of the S.L. and S.D.P. opposing this measure, if they'd care to respond publicly?" Director, A. Convertino |
| Date | 08:56:18, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Saiserist League | To | Debating the Equal Representation Act |
| Message | "Because, supposing general election trends remain constant, this would cost us seats." ~Secretary Mstislav Naryshkin |
| Date | 10:33:28, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Equal Representation Act |
| Message | The thing is though, they do not remain constant. Our party, for example, has always had weird swings in seat numbers. I still haven't figured out just how it works. |
| Date | 11:44:43, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Saiserist League | To | Debating the Equal Representation Act |
| Message | "When this measure would benefit us, we would support it. But our analysis of general election trends over the past 30 years show fairly consistently that such a proposal would cost us seats." ~Secretary Mstislav Naryshkin |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 96 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 453 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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