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Bill: Reduction in Local Government
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Party
Status[?]: defeated
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 2177
Description[?]:
| An act to reduce the profile of mayors. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Mayors are elected by their municipal councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:15:32, January 26, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Reduction in Local Government |
| Message | All a Mayor does is chair the local council, there is no need for the expense, to say nothing of bureaucracy, that having separate elections for the post. Local councils can work it out themselves, either the coucillors elect a mayor, or the councillor with the highest percentage vote is automatically appointed. There really is no need for direct elections to the position. |
| Date | 19:32:22, January 27, 2006 CET | From | Northern Lights | To | Debating the Reduction in Local Government |
| Message | Local elections of municipal council are usually being held together with mayorial elections. There is no need for any extra administration, and we should not reduce the voter's right to express their will about who would manage their local affairs. |
| Date | 22:17:02, January 27, 2006 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Reduction in Local Government |
| Message | Democracy is key to everything in Hutori. And there is little extra expense in another election, only in campaigns. |
| Date | 23:04:46, January 27, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Reduction in Local Government |
| Message | Pointless elections are a fraud against the people as well as a waste of money! Mayors do not DO anything that is not already done by the councils! If they do not do anything extra why have them? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 94 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 25 |
| Random fact: "Spamming", or the indiscriminate posting of unsolicited messages, is not allowed. |
| Random quote: "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken |