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Bill: Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Democratic Coalition
Status[?]: passed
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: September 2690
Description[?]:
| OOC: Basically, I've come to think it makes better sense to have an electoral cycle which coincides with days. Probably should've thought of that with the original bill, but didn't. So I'm thinking 36 month / 6 day terms is best. However, I'll also support 24 or 30 month terms, whatever everyone else prefers. 42 month is also an option, as this would synchronise the cycle with the same day each week. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 32
Current: 72
Proposed: 36
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:10:31, December 28, 2008 CET | From | Free Radical Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | agreed. i think 42 is the easiest. Having it on the same day every week would make things very simple especialyl when deciding whether or not we should propose a bill to vote. |
| Date | 10:25:35, December 29, 2008 CET | From | Minarchist Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | I support everything down to 30 months. OOC: I like the idea of rotating days because some people are more inactive on certain days than others. This gives everyone an equals chance. |
| Date | 22:59:16, December 29, 2008 CET | From | Free Radical Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | MP makes a good pint. i support 36 |
| Date | 02:16:50, December 30, 2008 CET | From | Imperial Democratic Coalition | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | Righteo. Any other thoughts? |
| Date | 04:02:21, December 30, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Party of Social Democrats | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | We would support 32-42, but we prefer 36 months. |
| Date | 18:49:38, December 30, 2008 CET | From | Minarchist Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | We won't vote for an increase or anything less than 30 days. |
| Date | 18:49:58, December 30, 2008 CET | From | Minarchist Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | months* |
| Date | 07:04:24, December 31, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Home and Hearth | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | 36 sounds good to us. |
| Date | 16:31:53, December 31, 2008 CET | From | Free Radical Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | So it seems like 36 is a good consensus can this be put to vote ASAP after the elections? |
| Date | 22:59:03, December 31, 2008 CET | From | Minarchist Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | Did we not wish to ensure more democracy through shorting voting periods only a few years ago? We continue to stand by this. We will not vote for a longer period. We stand by 30 months(ooc: 5 days). We could accept 31 as well, but it would seem to be a silly length. |
| Date | 03:09:30, January 01, 2009 CET | From | Selucian Monarchy-Conservative Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | i say 36 is just fine |
| Date | 13:28:53, January 01, 2009 CET | From | Imperial Democratic Coalition | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | We hope the CPS and/or MP will support this measure, which will serve to streamline operations. OOC - this will make things much, much simpler. |
| Date | 10:25:31, January 02, 2009 CET | From | Selucian People's Party | To | Debating the Electoral Cycle Amendment (RSA) |
| Message | We can support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 503 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 247 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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