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Bill: Mayoralty Act of 2892
Details
Submitted by[?]: House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2893
Description[?]:
| All Councils shall have a mayor elected for a term of between two and ten years, elected by a single round of instant-runoff voting. Councils not conforming to this system shall immediately hold new mayoral elections. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:56:23, February 11, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I don't quite understand what the honourable gentleman means by "a single round of instant-runoff voting". Does he mean the First Past The Post system? |
| Date | 23:11:43, February 11, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | According to Wikipedia, this is actually known as "alternative voting" in the UK and "preferential ballot" elsewhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting |
| Date | 23:22:59, February 11, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it is surprising that the NSP should wish to propose such a level of intervention in the running of local government. I support very much the term limits being enshrined in law, but this Party cannot support the national government dictating to every single authority the method of election that they should use. Mr Speaker, the CLP is a great advocate of the first past the post system, but we would not compel all areas to use it. |
| Date | 23:48:10, February 11, 2010 CET | From | Northern Arrow Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, the NSP is usually the party proposing devolving important decisions to local governments. Our party is presently undecided on this bill, and we are curious as to why the NSP thinks this is an important enough proposal to warrant otherwise. |
| Date | 05:08:39, February 12, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, this bill is necessary to combat certain constitutional amendments which have entrenched demagogues in some local councils. |
| Date | 08:52:19, February 12, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we acknowledge the reason behind this bill, but we cannot understand why a certain voting system has been favoured. Surely such a system is just as likely to entrench demagogues than any other, if not more so. |
| Date | 19:11:29, February 12, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Mayoralty Act of 2892 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we will sit down in committee and hash out a more acceptable act. For now, this act will stand. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 310 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 81 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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