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Bill: Elections and Congress Repair Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Labour 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: February 2306
Description[?]:
| The changes should be done to the election time and the quantity of seats in Commonwealth Congress. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 36
Current: 54
Proposed: 48
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 301
Current: 450
Proposed: 601
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:45:10, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | All this values are equal as in Poland. 4 years election, and 460 seats in "Sejm". |
| Date | 16:13:41, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Nuncirist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | Aside from the fact that an increase of the amount of seats in the Congress will lower the electoral threshold, what are you trying to win with this? |
| Date | 18:38:57, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | It is only cosmetical change, but it`ll look better now when we have 8 parties. And main thing I want to pass is 4 years length of elections. |
| Date | 19:06:26, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Nuncirist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 21:59:35, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | The DPT would like to have a 750 seat Congress, but stil supports this. |
| Date | 23:47:40, October 26, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We are opposed to the second proposal, which artificially inflates the number of seats in Congress and makes counting a two-thirds vote unnecessarily difficult. The first proposal is good though, and the title is excellent. |
| Date | 06:15:04, October 27, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We are very much opposed to the second article, and would be inclined to vote against the entire bill because of it, but we support lengthening the Presidency to four years. |
| Date | 13:47:29, October 27, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | it used to be 2 years back in the day... 4 years sounds way too long |
| Date | 15:42:10, October 27, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | So how many seats do you propose? |
| Date | 19:11:44, October 27, 2006 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | I Feel that it should remain at 36 months, however I support more seats. |
| Date | 20:59:22, October 27, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | Now that we have so many parties, more seats does sound good. I'd suggest 601. Regular bills would require 301 seats to pass and treaties would require 401. It all works out. |
| Date | 01:39:24, October 28, 2006 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | The thing is, parties will vanish and not be replaced. |
| Date | 01:47:44, October 28, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | Then we can cut seats at that time. Not that I really care, of course. I've always opposed increasing seats above 301. I just thought this was something everyone wanted. |
| Date | 08:40:48, October 28, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | Ok, 601 and proceeding to vote. |
| Date | 12:42:46, October 28, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We will abstain. We support the longer presidency, but not the larger Congress. So, we sit. |
| Date | 13:53:31, October 28, 2006 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We will vote against this bill in opposition to the longer terms. |
| Date | 02:09:02, October 29, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | We have decided to vote in favour. This isn't that bad an idea, what with 10 parties now active in our country. |
| Date | 11:41:13, October 29, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | Now we only need votes from DPT or UCA. |
| Date | 13:35:55, October 29, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Elections and Congress Repair Act |
| Message | I can't support the longer terms in this bill, sorry |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
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