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| Culture of Life | Wednesday May 24 2017, 01:30 AM Post #1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The June 2017 election is almost here. As I mentioned on the regional message board, I think the 19th Senate should consider reforming the regional constitution. Here are my three ideas:
Of course, the main concern would be staffing -- getting enough players to fill all of the offices:
Edited by Culture of Life, Wednesday May 24 2017, 01:43 AM.
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| Free States | Wednesday May 24 2017, 03:35 PM Post #2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I would suggest to cut down the lenght of the terms, 4 months is way too long in NS and takes away a lot of dynamism from the region. I think the senate being expanded to 5 seats on a permanent basis could be possible if you longer have restriction on holding multiple offices. But we could stay with 3 if at least the terms are shorter allowing for rotating the senators. As for the delegate position, I think an independent head of state makes sense, maybe even have the possibility that it could gain some of the founder's powers to make the position more worthwhile. |
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| The RCS | Wednesday May 24 2017, 06:54 PM Post #3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I agree on everything you said except for the 5 senator idea, we've tried that and it didn't work well. So I think the idea CoL has come up with to expand given the demand is a better idea. |
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| Culture of Life | Wednesday May 24 2017, 07:44 PM Post #4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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What length would you suggest -- three months? Nominations last seven days, and voting lasts three days, so we could follow a schedule like this:
During executive elections, a forum vote would be held to select the President (maybe [wiki]instant-runoff voting[/wiki]) while an on-site vote would be held to select the Delegate ([wiki]first-past-the-post voting[/wiki]). Yeah, if the President and the Senate were independent, I would like to give the President all of my appointment powers. Ministers would continue to be appointed and dismissed by the President, and independent officers would now be appointed by the President with the [wiki]advice and consent[/wiki] of the Senate. (This would be a statutory change, not a constitutional change.) Also, I imagine that I would consult the President on bills before signing or vetoing them, perhaps following his advice on all bills. At present, I basically sign everything. Since the region was founded in 2011, I've vetoed only one bill. If the President advised vetoes, I might use the power more liberally. |
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| Free States | Wednesday May 24 2017, 08:04 PM Post #5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I think 2 months is generally seen as the ideal, not too short, not too long. You also can reduce the lenght of the election calendar, have like 5 days for campaign, nominations and then 2 days for vote. If you're doing it on the forums, no reason to take longer than that. About the voting process, I really wish we would use forum polls instead of having to vote in public, could even result in a higher turnout. You would just have to work on the permissions and personally I would just use first past the post, but maybe have a 24 hour run-off for the president or for any ties. And on the senate, I suppose we could stay with 3 initially, but I think 5 would be possible. |
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| Stellonia | Wednesday May 24 2017, 08:34 PM Post #6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I think we should keep the Senate down to three members, but hold elections every other month), with presidential elections being held simultaneously. Additionally, I think that if the President is being removed from the legislative branch, now would be a good time to elect the Senate by proportional representation, preferably using single-transferable vote. |
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| Free States | Wednesday May 24 2017, 09:24 PM Post #7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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What can be done is to have a general election with the presidential race and maybe one senate seat. And then have a mid-term, one month later with 2 seats. This way there is always two positions opening up for people to run. Not sure how long the delegate term should be. I have seen some regions who let the delegate stay in office indefinitely with the possibility of being challenged. |
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| Culture of Life | Wednesday May 24 2017, 10:39 PM Post #8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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My opinions:
Under the schedule that I suggested above, at least two positions would be open at each election:
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I really find 2 months to be pretty much ideal in terms of lenght of the terms. But that seems like an issue for the senate to decide. But it's important to notice your calendar would lead to entire months without any election which I don't think it's best to encourage activity. About election system, I tend to think FPTP is better when you have few seats as elections are largely going to be about candidates, not parties. I also believe privacy is important when voting. |
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| United Massachusetts | Thursday May 25 2017, 05:35 PM Post #10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I'm in favor of the proposals, though it causes me to think that the Presidency will be essentially worthless. What would a President really do? | ||||||||||||||||||
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