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Bill: Democratic Representation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic 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: May 2049
Description[?]:
| To make elections more democratic in time for the January 2052 elections. In addition, Parliament will be name-changed to the Senate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Parliament
Current: Nationalrat (National Council)
Proposed: Senate
Article 2
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: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 150
Proposed: 409
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:15:54, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | The equal representation bugs me. There's no real way to distribute 408 seats to their respectful regions depending on their size. So I figured full equal representation was the best option. |
| Date | 10:19:28, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Yes....I tried equal representation thing before, but it also failed. And I think 750 seats is good. |
| Date | 13:05:43, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | I am in favour of equal representation, against less seats in Parliament. |
| Date | 13:36:59, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Liberated Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | I am in favour of fewer seats, but I'd prefer that larger regions maintain larger representation. |
| Date | 19:32:09, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Someone needs to compromise or Parliament will forever remain unrepresentative for the people. |
| Date | 22:41:58, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | How about you compromise and drop the number of seats proposal? |
| Date | 23:18:18, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Already did that. |
| Date | 00:55:40, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Liberated Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Articcle 1 (name change) is good, but Article 2 remains unacceptable. We regret that the seat reduction was dropped. |
| Date | 08:00:19, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | How about we make several bills and see which one actually passes? Last one standing wins. In a moment I'll get our opinions together and turn them all into bills. |
| Date | 10:30:01, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Wait, did anyone else know that it won't let you make bills with proposals that're already being voted on? |
| Date | 10:39:30, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Yes. You hypocrite! I proposed equal representation, and YOU voted quite firmly against it! And this was all of a few days ago too! |
| Date | 10:53:26, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | *whistles* |
| Date | 13:53:30, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Democratic Representation |
| Message | Senate will ne'er replace Parliament, not while I have breath in my body. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 477 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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