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Bill: Electoral Formula Bill, 2720
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Elitist 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: September 2722
Description[?]:
| The REP believes that the population of the different regions must be represented proportionately within the regional parliaments. However in the Federal Parliament each region should be given equal number of seats. This would lead to a balanced political system by the establishment of a mechanism of "checks-and-balances". |
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 | 17:53:33, March 04, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Electoral Formula Bill, 2720 |
| Message | We completely support this proposal. The OP believe in equal representation, from the top down. |
| Date | 22:15:21, March 04, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Electoral Formula Bill, 2720 |
| Message | We can certainly support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 445 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 254 |
| Random fact: Moderation reserves the discretion to declare RP laws invalid if the players supporting them are doing so in an excessively confrontational way. |
| Random quote: "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln |