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Bill: Prison Voting Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feministas Verdes
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3643
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes a change to current legislation which denies incarcerated citizens the right to vote. In order to aid the reintegration of incarcerated citizens back into Beluzian society, they should be in receipt of the right to vote, offering them a sense of civic responsibility. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Current: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Proposed: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:51:56, March 28, 2014 CET | From | National Federalist Party | To | Debating the Prison Voting Rights Act |
| Message | The members of the National Federalist Party are split on this bill. The majority view is to be against this. However we have members, a very strong minority, who want prison to have more rehabilitative measures such as voting. It was for this reason we have proposed The Punishment and Rehabilitation of Prisoners Bill, in order to bring both sides together. As it stands we shall be abstaining on this Bill unless one side gets convinced either way. |
| Date | 09:57:21, March 28, 2014 CET | From | New Beluzian Movement | To | Debating the Prison Voting Rights Act |
| Message | We support the great multitude of conflicting perspectives this would bring into the arena of the ruling cadres. |
| Date | 10:01:53, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Feministas Verdes | To | Debating the Prison Voting Rights Act |
| Message | We can understand your reservations on this bill, however if should be taken into consideration that data shows that punitive measures alone do not deter criminals from re offending. While we agree that criminals should face retribution for their actions, it is also vital that steps are taken to ensure they do not repeat these actions, for both economic and social reasons. In reality, if this bill were to pass, the minority of criminals awarded voting rights would not hold much sway over the outcome of elections, however it may go some way towards reintegrating offenders back into Beluzian society. |
| Date | 10:02:20, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Prison Voting Rights Act |
| Message | Its refeshing to see a call for compassion and humanity in this era of reaction. |
| Date | 09:51:05, March 29, 2014 CET | From | National Federalist Party | To | Debating the Prison Voting Rights Act |
| Message | After many discussions with the Bill proposers there has been a swing in members towards voting yes for this. Our leader George Alexander has become convinced of the goodness of this Bill and has taken a three line whip against members who don't. Therefore we shall vote yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 424 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 326 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of fascism." - Benito Mussolini |