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Bill: Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill requests an early election. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline. Elections will be held immediately if the bill passes.
Voting deadline: December 2139
Description[?]:
| We, the CCF / Green Action, call for early elections as soon as we can reach a consensus. |
Proposals
Article 1
Arrange early elections as soon as this bill passes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:44:30, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | Green Action disbands "We have made one promise to the people of the Five Nations," the President-Councillor said, wiping a tear from her eye. "We have failed to deliver. The Chemical and Biological Weapons Treaty was defeated once again in the Citizens of Assembly." Another tear ran down her cheek, smudging her cruelty-free mascara. "Therefore, my darlings, the Green Action party is disbanding. We will not contest the upcoming elections. It has been my pleasure to serve in this office, but failing to deliver on our mandate, we must now fold our tent." Green activists, who had ratified the decision in advance, are dispersing. Some will join other parties such as the anti-statist Equitistas, whose deccentralizaiton policies are close to Green core principles. More will scatter themselves among Lodamun's huge number of non-governmental organizations, abandoning electoral politics for grassroots action. A large number are already forming Lesbian & Gay Freedom Leagues, which vow to fight the homophobic politics of the Church of the Faithful which now controls government in partnership with the Libertarian Militia. A few plan to join the doomed mission to destablize the Deltarian government. Others will take advantage of Lodamun's tax-free status to expand the already thriving green business sector. The Church of Terra (which has unofficially controlled Green Action for some years) will continue to exist in Lodamun, where it will soon have state religion status alongside Lodamun's other diverse religions, spiritualities and faith communities. |
| Date | 21:46:11, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | ooc: this gives others a chance to full my seats through early elections if they like. I'll be inactive, but check in now and then perhaps. It's been fun... |
| Date | 21:54:07, November 11, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | We oppose the Green Action disbanding. We pledge to them that we will continue to support the CBW treaty in the future, provided that they continue to support their end of the bargain. We feel that it is a shame that the Greens wish to retire, though we have been bitter enemies ever since their reorganization in the 2080s. Our vote, that we cast below, will be against. Not in opposition to the Green's right to disband, but in opposition to filling the seats, which we would prefer to leave empty but counted for the next few years. |
| Date | 22:18:45, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | The Mob demands a new head of state. Obey the Mob! (Or just do it for the sake of occ having people be good to one another. Whichever. Bye now.) |
| Date | 22:23:36, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Slaytanic Wehrmacht | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | Haha, leaving the nation because one of your bills didn't pass is a bit ... well we better be quiet now. No further comment on this. |
| Date | 22:36:54, November 11, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | Support cus we do need to fill the seats if the GA is going to leave... |
| Date | 22:38:16, November 11, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | In honour of the truly stupendous efforts of the CCF/GA to seek common ground and common sense among the disparate and warring parties of Lodamun, we vote in support of this bill. We do so with much regret, believing Lodamun will be losing a party which brought creativity, versatility and humour to the nation's deadlocked wrangling. In voting yes we believe we are complying with CCF/GA's wishes. Good luck and good hunting. |
| Date | 00:33:56, November 13, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Call for early elections, April 2139: to fill our seats |
| Message | We are witdrawing our yes vote, cus, err, ya. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 110 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 190 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved." - Confucius |