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Bill: Democracy Act III
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Party of Likatonia
Status[?]: passed
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: March 4254
Description[?]:
| We move that the number of seats be increased to 425. This is a decrease in the number of seats the Democracy Act II(Census Act) sought to add. We would not have proposed this, again, so soon, but some parties abstained from voting, and one of those parties no longer holds seats in Likatonia. This bill is meant to be in compliance with the RCA's request in previous debates. This bill is, also, meant to be in compliance with the Conservative Parties issue that the proposed number of seats was too much of an increase. This bill will remain in the debate phase until all seats in the legislature are filled. Richard G.S. Ulysses, Chairman of the PSPL Minister of Health, and Social Services |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 315
Current: 75
Proposed: 425
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:36:40, August 03, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | 427 is not divisible by 5, so even though our five states have pretty similar population, the number of seats per state will not be equal for each state. Therefore, this change would actually decrease the proportionality and fairness of the electoral system. |
| Date | 15:13:08, August 03, 2017 CET | From | Republican Centrist Alliance | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | The number of seats in congress has to be divisible by 5. |
| Date | 16:04:31, August 03, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | I have reduced the number to 425, making it divisible by 5. Thanks you for your input. Richard G.S. Ulysses |
| Date | 05:05:55, August 05, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | Are we in consensus on this? Richard G.S. Ulysses, President of the PSPL |
| Date | 05:58:19, August 05, 2017 CET | From | Conservative party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 11:40:14, August 05, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | We don't see the need for an increase in the number of seats |
| Date | 17:23:58, August 05, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | It will strengthen our democracy, by having each congressmen representing less people, thus our citizens will be more accurately represented. They will also be able to hold congress more accountable for their actions. If passed each congressman would represent ~300,000 voters, as opposed to our current number where each congressman represents ~400,000. We implore the SLP to support this bill aimed at increasing fairness, and democracy in congress. OOC) I believe the actual US House of Representatives has about 425. Richard G.S. Ulysses, PSPL President |
| Date | 23:33:14, August 07, 2017 CET | From | Social democratic party | To | Debating the Democracy Act III |
| Message | We Support this Bill. More congressmen will be useful to translate more efficiently People opinions into real Projects |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 295 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 20 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: For more information on Particracy's former colonial nations, check out http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6640 |
| Random quote: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." - H. L. Mencken |