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Bill: Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: MLC Old Endralonian Resistance
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: July 2050
Description[?]:
| We have long fallen off target with our original aim of 1 member of parliment to every 100,000 citizens , I think it is important to keep a clear figure as our aim for representation. Yet to re-align with the original figure would lead to a drastic reduction in seats and in all probability a set-back for practical democracy in Endralon (at least until we see what economics bring). Thus I propose a new target of 1 MP to every 60,000 citizens and the initial parliamentary resize implied. The new parliament would consist of 658 seats. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 601
Current: 199
Proposed: 658
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:28:17, May 10, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | ok this has been up around a day and If I dont put this up for vote now I may not be able to for a while so heregoes sorry if its a bit early. |
| Date | 18:30:13, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | I'm bored of changing the number of seats over and over again. 601 is good. |
| Date | 20:35:30, May 10, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | I just think we should set a firm ratio from population to seats and 601 is messy I chose the nicest number with minimal change |
| Date | 20:48:30, May 10, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | I originally proposed 600 but I agreed with CPE that, for one thing, we needed a prime number to prevent having an exactly hung National Assembly. I have no strong feelings either way on this. |
| Date | 04:58:11, May 11, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | well a prime number that makes sense .. how would you feel about 659 it still fits my ratio approximately but with different rounding? I just think the number of seats we use should have some justification , 601 is so arbitrary. |
| Date | 10:27:07, May 11, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Parliamentary representation rebalancing intiative |
| Message | Hmmm the first time I voted oppoite of Natural Law |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 227 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 167 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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