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Bill: Electoral Reform X
Details
Submitted by[?]: Old School Liberal 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: March 2147
Description[?]:
| Yay! Tenth attempt! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Current: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Proposed: A pseudo-proportional algorithm that gives considerable advantage to smaller regions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:19:53, November 23, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | If you make it to the thirthieth, we will vote no anyway. |
| Date | 06:09:18, November 24, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | The only reason this ever fails is because of abstaining members, so it is fair to continue to attempt to get this passed. |
| Date | 19:35:30, November 25, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | We can't agree and some parties may think this a nusiance. I'll abstain as it is obvious that all parties can't agree on anything like this, so save your proposals on more important issues. |
| Date | 08:32:05, November 26, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | ::Shrug:: I'm willing to roll the dice each time with this thing. I'm sort of surprised, though, since your very own results have been significantly diminished by the current system, Economic Party. |
| Date | 01:11:00, November 27, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | Political Tides and the ideologies can change, and I vote only yes on making it PROPORTIONAL! OSL Party, we aren't going to change the algorithum just to help me get more seats. |
| Date | 03:14:13, November 27, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | Hey, we're totally for making it proportional. The only reason I propose this pseudo-proportional thing is because there doesn't seem to be enough support for a truly fair algorithm. Some lame thing about the larger regions having too much power to go with various unnamed advantages. I figured this would be a compromise; it would give Hiamou more than 60 seats if nothing else. |
| Date | 08:18:26, November 27, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Electoral Reform X |
| Message | Yep, OSL is right, some parties do disagree with larger regions having such an unfair electoral advantage. What would keep Hiamou and Pabeus from running the country by a tiny majority? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 144 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 106 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 50 |
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