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Bill: Reform Act (2131)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist 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: December 2131
Description[?]:
| No area should have advantage, it is wrong not to have equal representation. |
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 | 11:03:55, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Hobrazia First | To | Debating the Reform Act (2131) |
| Message | The 'advantage' given to certain areas are because they have a larger population, in your scheme a voter in Stormridge would have more power than a voter in Kiduran. you are promoting inequality here. |
| Date | 12:33:49, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Reform Act (2131) |
| Message | Ah, see i thought this meant nobody had an advantage as each area got a number of seats in direct proportion to their population. |
| Date | 22:15:47, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Hobrazia First | To | Debating the Reform Act (2131) |
| Message | Regardless of population tends to mean without regard to population |
| Date | 22:23:54, October 26, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Reform Act (2131) |
| Message | "i thought this meant nobody had an advantage as each area got a number of seats in direct proportion to their population." - The current algorithm is the closest to this that we have available. |
| Date | 13:15:29, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Reform Act (2131) |
| Message | sorry, it's the whole advantage bit i don't understand. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 138 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 179 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 83 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." - Napoleon Bonaparte |