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Bill: Voting rights act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
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: January 4004
Description[?]:
| To discipline prisoners on the right to vote |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Current: Criminals who are charged with minor crimes are eligable to vote, others charged with serious crimes are not.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:44:30, March 26, 2016 CET | From |  Solentian Pirate Party | To | Debating the Voting rights act |
| Message | Is a violation of a person's right to vote, we urge our fellow parties to vote against this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 293 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 132 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is." - William E. Barrett |