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Bill: Electoral Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical 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 2646
Description[?]:
For too long Telamon's electoral system has been biased in favour of the larger states. We demand fair and equal representation for all states, to truly have their will expressed in Parliament, through true and pure democracy. Jean Baptiste Party Leader |
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 | 21:26:22, October 01, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Electoral Reform Act |
Message | The current system is more democratic as each MP serves the same amount of people. It would be less democratic for MP's to represent different amounts of people and grant smaller regions more influence over the larger regions. John Welsh, Prime Minister. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 79 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 393 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 29 |
Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
Random quote: "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything!" - Rick Santorum |