HOUSE BILL: Federal Electoral Act of 2018 (Passed)

[Poirot]

Section 14 point 6 of the proposal

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That is a change that was not mentioned. People should read the proposal carefully. I think currently the number is 3. Why try to make it difficult for small parties. It should be three.

This thread lacks debate on some long standing rules. If the missed election is reduces to four months/ two elections, the consequence could be a smaller population since deregistration will happen fast.

[Poirot]

Don't make it more difficult for small parties to exist and be visible. A criteria about size should not be about possibly appointing people to Congress. It's possible for parties to exist without the goal of having a big presence in Congress. If you are talking of appointments following a vacancy, that is a side effect of treating seats as "party seats" and not the candidate's seat.

[Poirot]

Citizen visiting the House

I still don't see the rationale in adding one minute to the voting hours. It has been exactly 72 hours. Just clarify midnight 0 seconds for the closing time if someone could exploit a loophole. No need to go to 72 hours 1 minute of voting time. 

Also Section 14, point number 6 raises the number of members in a party from 3 to 5. This change was hidden because there was not strike or bold in the first post.

It's dangerous to vote for something if the changes are not visible. There could be other changes hidden.   

[Poirot]

A citizen's comment on the concession clause.

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How does the Secretary certify it. Could the Secretary refuse a concession?
Also I don't think someone could withdraw a concession. You concede or not. If you are not sure you wait and think about it.
Why not require the concession to be made in the Secreatary of elections office to be official so there is no confusion if someone makes a comment in a chat or in an unofficial results thread.

[Poirot]

A citizen's comment when he saw changes from the current law that were not mentioned. 

There was a modification last Fall about the candidacy declaration deadline.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=272198.msg5915084#msg5915084

It made it 72 hours before a regular election, 24 hours before a special elections and to withdraw it's 72 hours before the election. 

This House law proposes 72 hours for regular election, 72 hours for special election and returns to 24 hours to withdraw.

[Poirot]

In section 1.7 there is only one sentence. The second sentence about campaigning in the voting booth was removed.

This is the text of the 2016 law with the second sentence:

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Why was it removed. Was it adopted in another law or in the constitution ? Or is it difficult to define camapigning and apply that part.