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Bill: Congressional Reapportionment Amendment of 4156
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unionist Party
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: August 4157
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:02, January 26, 2017 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Congressional Reapportionment Amendment of 4156 |
| Message | Under equal representation smaller regions have as much power as the larger ones which just gives them a disproportionate amount of influence in decision making. To make things more balanced, it would make sense to give more seats to larger regions as they represent more people. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 298 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 251 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men." - John Stuart Mill |