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Bill: TieBreaker
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: April 2049
Description[?]:
| To avoid an evenly split Parliament we move to increase the number of seats by one. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 100
Current: 470
Proposed: 101
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:59:29, May 07, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | Since we have no other way to break ties, we wish to make them impossible. |
| Date | 17:09:45, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | We support (and wonder why we didn't pursue this when we proposed it a while back). |
| Date | 20:56:21, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | We should not be making it easier for parties to pass a bill by one vote; the possibility of a tie forces parties to look for super majorities, which is a powerful force against extremism. Parliament is fine as it is. |
| Date | 00:59:43, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | Go for it. |
| Date | 07:11:42, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | But who would get that one seat, and would that necessarily be the tie breaker? |
| Date | 07:13:12, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | We find it so amusing that LevP thinks that mainstream capitalism is "extremism." |
| Date | 07:55:47, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | The seat will be made available in the next election. As to who will get it remains to be determined. Will it break a tie, well yes, since there is no way to split the seats 50-50. |
| Date | 08:35:52, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | OOC - the title of this bill reminds me of HeatSeeker by AC/DC |
| Date | 21:15:08, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the TieBreaker |
| Message | OOC - or Heartbreaker by Led Zepplin. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 61 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 39 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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