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Bill: Campaign Finance Act, 4143
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sabulum Clarum
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: July 4148
Description[?]:
| An act to reform the financing and expenditures of electoral campaigns. Article 1 - Public Subsidy of Campaigns 1.1) There shall be a per-vote subsidy available to political parties, valued at 1.00 SEN/vote, distributed to parties based on the results of the previous national Legislature Election. Article 2 - Campaign Expenditure Limits 2.1) Party expenditures during a campaign period shall be limited to a rate 27 500.00 SED per seat in the Ekklesia. 2.2) Total party expenditure permitted during a campaign period shall be limited to the total number of seats in the Ekklesia multiplied by the per seat rate seat in (2.1). 2.2.1) At the time of this bill's introduction, total campaign expenditures must be limited to under 20 625 000 SED. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: Campaigns are never publicly financed.
Current: The government decides which candidates can receive public funds on a case-by-case basis.
Proposed: All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:34:15, December 31, 2016 CET | From | Sabulum Clarum | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Act, 4143 |
| Message | Sabulum Clarum introduces this act in order to ensure that elections cannot be bought in Selucia in the future, and that all parties are at a level playing field. We are additionally open to building consensus on this act. I open the floor to debate. Cnaeus Fabius Albucius Member from Uleroth, Sabulum Clarum |
| Date | 15:47:57, January 01, 2017 CET | From | Magni Iucunda Imperialium | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Act, 4143 |
| Message | We agree on the first part of the proposal that "All candidates receive public funds". But if campaigns should receive public funds, doesn't allowing donations defeat the purpose of having public funding for campaign? |
| Date | 21:52:44, January 01, 2017 CET | From | Sabulum Clarum | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Act, 4143 |
| Message | We are open to adopting a system with no private donations and only public funding to remove any possibility of conflict of interest, or so called buying politicians. |
| Date | 18:11:37, January 03, 2017 CET | From | Factio de Gloria | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Act, 4143 |
| Message | We are open to bills that will move party expendures away from private interests. --- -Agrippina Gratiana |
| Date | 15:31:24, January 04, 2017 CET | From | Clara Aurora - COSIRA | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Act, 4143 |
| Message | If it is limited to public founds, we will support it |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 579 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 123 |
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