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Bill: Voting Test Act of 2746
Details
Submitted by[?]: House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2748
Description[?]:
| This act will provide for a test to be administered before voting. The test will consist of twenty fill-in-the-blank questions of basic knowledge about Free State politics. The composition of the test will be established by the Office of the Chancellor and will be reviewed every ten years. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is gained by passing a qualifying exam.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:30:02, April 26, 2009 CET | From | Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union | To | Debating the Voting Test Act of 2746 |
| Message | The RASU would oppose. |
| Date | 04:15:50, April 26, 2009 CET | From | Federalist Minarcho-Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Voting Test Act of 2746 |
| Message | The FMCP has not decided whether or not to support. |
| Date | 12:13:11, April 26, 2009 CET | From | Modern Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Voting Test Act of 2746 |
| Message | We think this is a terrible suggestion, it would allow the Chancellor a chance to determine who is a citizen, as silly as it may sound not knowing about politics should not disqualify you from being a citizen |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 328 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 374 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
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