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Bill: CM 08-2818-2 - On Government Size Reduction
Details
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: April 2819
Description[?]:
| To stabilize the legislature and provide a less unwieldly form of government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: Union Republic
Current: Provinsie (Province)
Proposed: Canton
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 52
Current: 60
Proposed: 48
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 135
Proposed: 75
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:28:30, September 16, 2009 CET | From |  Democratic Workers Union | To | Debating the CM 08-2818-2 - On Government Size Reduction |
| Message | I would only ever vote for 3 on it's own. 1 is too much. |
| Date | 19:37:54, September 16, 2009 CET | From | Saridani Progressive Alliance | To | Debating the CM 08-2818-2 - On Government Size Reduction |
| Message | Yay to 2 and 3, but cutting 1 to 75 is too much. 500-600 would be the lowest we'd go. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 252 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 498 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
| Random quote: "Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics." - W. D. Whitney |