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Bill: Equal Representation
Details
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: June 2182
Description[?]:
| Equality among provinces. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:48:30, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Apathetic Sort-of-Federation | To | Debating the Equal Representation |
| Message | It's not equality among provinces that concerns us: it's equality among people. We will check; at the moment, we'd be likely to oppose this. |
| Date | 10:07:43, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Royal Party | To | Debating the Equal Representation |
| Message | we oppose |
| Date | 17:17:32, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Federalists Party | To | Debating the Equal Representation |
| Message | There is a reason why the United States does not select a President based on popular vote. It is done by electoral vote so that minor regions would not be marginalized. This bill will do exactly that. Should larger more populous regions have a larger say in matters? Yes. But there should be a balance so that the people from all regions will not become disenfranchised. |
| Date | 00:38:20, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Bodhist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Equal Representation |
| Message | Unfortunately, we agree with the Apathetics on this matter, and cannot support this bill. |
| Date | 23:06:22, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Red Party | To | Debating the Equal Representation |
| Message | ooc:didn't think this one would pass but worth a try. Would have meant more seats for me. :) Democracy in action. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 67 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 433 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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