[VOTING] Reaffirmation of Liberal Policies and More

[Dien]

Members shall have one week to vote on the following items:

(Renumeration of the items shall happen following the votes, depending on outcomes.)

Item 1: Reaffirmation of Select Liberal Policies

1. Repeal of the Semi-Permeable Wall (no longer relevant)
2. Rejection of Strike-based Citizenship Law
3. Repeal of Military Governership laws

5. Privacy law for information used on private and public sites relating to Talossa

8. Revive the Council of Governors to promote greater interaction between our provinces


11. Set an age minimum of 14 for citizenship applicants

13. Rejection of espionage laws in the Kingdom
14. Prevent automatic access to citizens' e-mail addresses being given to party leaders, and support an opt-in system
15. Slim down government: cut down on the number of departments, bureaus, and even Ministries

Item 2: Cosa Seat Reform

4. Reduction of Cosa seat numbers to 20

Item 3: Right to Vote Publicly

6. Freedom of choice between voting secretly and voting publicly
7. Anti-discrimination law to prevent discrimination against individuals on the basis of whether they voted publicly or privately

Item 4: Accessible Judicial System

9. Support a more accessible judicial system for simple disputes

Item 5: Nationalisation

10. Prevent government appropriation of private projects through nationalisation, but where possible provide government support for such projects which need it

Item 6: (Amended) Lower Registration Fee

12. Reform of registration fees for political participation, aiming for a reduction to $10 in the Cosa, with the introduction of $5 for Senate candidates

Item 7: Reduction of King's Influence

16. Reduction of the King's influence on the democratic process. A removal of the Royal veto over OrgLaw reforms. The Seneschál to be appointed by the King on the advice of a majority of Cosa seats.

Item 8: Replacement of Wisconsin Law in El Lexhatx

17. Removal of Wisconsin law from El Lexhátx, and replacement of relevant sections with indigenous Talossan equivalents drafted with the input of top members of the Bar.

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

1. PER
2. PER
3. PER
4. PER
5. PER
6. PER
7. PER
8. PER

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Për on all except contra on 3 and 5.

[Dien]

1. Për
2. Con
3. Për
4. Për
5. Për
6. Për
7. Aus
8. Për

[Miestrâ Schivâ]

1. PER
2. PER
3. CONTRA
4. PER
5. CONTRA
6. PER
7. PER
8. PER

[T. A. Zilect]

1. PER
2. PER
3. PER
4. PER
5. PER
6. PER
7. PER
8. PER

[vercaria]

3. Contra
5. Austeneu

All others PER

[Miestrâ Schivâ]

Acting on behalf of the Party President in his absence:

Proposals 1, 4, 6 and 8 are carried unanimously.
Proposal 2 is carried by a margin of 5-1
Proposal 7 is carried by a margin of 5-0 with 1 absenteion.
Proposals 3 and 5 are tied 3-3. There is no constitutional direction for me on what to do here. I think a general principle that a tied vote should mean the status quo, and therefore I provisionally declare these amendments to have failed. However, since these are both amendments I voted against, I don't want any conflict of interest. So I would ask if there is any interest in a revote on these two issues, from anyone who didn't vote the first time.

[Miestrâ Schivâ]

I'm going to wait 24 hours from now for more input, but I think I will probably extend voting on 3 and 5 - not a revote, but input from people who didn't vote the first time will be sought.

[Dien]

Dec 23, 2015 20:13:23 GMT -6 Miestrâ Schivâ said:

I'm going to wait 24 hours from now for more input, but I think I will probably extend voting on 3 and 5 - not a revote, but input from people who didn't vote the first time will be sought.

So extended.

[Miestrâ Schivâ]

Right, we haven't had any additional votes on this, but other people elsewhere have suggested a revote from scratch. So I suppose the still-incumbent Party Leader can make a call. Or, once the election is officially over, the new President will make the call.