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Bill: Easy Math Smaller Parliament Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party (LL)
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: August 3181
Description[?]:
| The purpose of this bill is to set Parliament's size at 599, so that it is easy to figure out how many votes are needed for a majority (300) or a 2/3 supermajority (400). We'd actually like to make parliament smaller than that, as it's wasteful for our government to pay even that many MP's; but given past attempts, we think this is the lowest number that can pass. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 105
Proposed: 599
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:49:33, September 12, 2011 CET | From | Social Democratic Party (LL) | To | Debating the Easy Math Smaller Parliament Bill |
| Message | Apparently from their vote, The Common Sense Party thinks it makes common sense to pay 750 legislators instead of 599, and that math regarding majorities should be hard to figure out. |
| Date | 10:46:37, September 12, 2011 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Easy Math Smaller Parliament Bill |
| Message | I refuse to acknowledge the argument from "paying" 750 legislators because the game has no functional way of representing that value. I do however accept this bill on the premise of easier math. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 347 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 403 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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