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Bill: Proper Adjustments
Details
Submitted by[?]: Opinion Poll Vultures
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: December 2062
Description[?]:
| Noting that there will soon be 10 parties in Luthori, and that the current distribution is roughly 74 seats per party. We propose that the congress be expanded to 699 seats, to accomodate for the two new parties. If such accomodation is not done, it will bring the average down to 59 seats per party. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 599
Current: 529
Proposed: 699
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:14:38, June 03, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | A comment: when mentally judging to tell whether a bill will pass or not, rounded off numbers are much easier to remember. in a 599 seat legislature, 300 wins. that's easy enough. in a 699 seat legislature, 250 wins. not too much to remember in a 749 seat legislature, 375 wins. that's pretty annoying to calculate, especially when adding up party votes to see how easy it will be to get bills on my 'To Do' list passed. why not just 699? it will make room for new parties, but make for easy calculating, too. |
| Date | 01:22:33, June 03, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | oh: there is not enough time for this to pass before the election... it'll have to wait until the next term. |
| Date | 04:27:38, June 03, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | oh i know, and 749 gives the closest approx. average seat:party ratio |
| Date | 05:25:02, June 03, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | 699 is much easier to remember, calculate, and all that fun stuff. don't worry about the ratio... it's allowed to change :-P |
| Date | 15:04:21, June 03, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | id rather it be smaller...bah oh well |
| Date | 21:15:10, June 03, 2005 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | 699 Is fun and joy! |
| Date | 21:26:47, June 03, 2005 CET | From | Christian Social Union | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | Indeed. And everyone likes to joy and fun. *whips* >:D |
| Date | 02:26:08, June 04, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | one day it will be 75....one day.... *evil music* |
| Date | 02:36:18, June 04, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | lol not a chance |
| Date | 15:05:03, June 04, 2005 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | You never know. We may have one of those "HOLY OMFG, HOW'D [Insert part name here] GAIN 200 SEATS!?!?!?" again(as was my case), and APL will have an all-powerful mega controll over the government. |
| Date | 22:33:20, June 04, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | You still wouldn't have 2/3 majority |
| Date | 01:33:35, June 05, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | but if it happens to both me AND the cpp.... >:D god help the country...lol |
| Date | 01:39:10, June 05, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Proper Adjustments |
| Message | I'm already doing my best |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 595 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless." - Antonin Scalia |