Constitutional Amendment on Voter Registration and Voting Rules

[Colin]

Well the only problem with your opinion that I have, Senator Hawk, is that the voting lists would then become very much clogged with registrants who have not participated in Atlasia for a very long time. If this was in place from the earliest days of the Republic we would still have eminent people like Gustaf, JFK, or Dunn on the rolls but that would do nothing more than articificially inflate the voting population to include people who have not participated in a very long time.

On this note though I do believe that it is imperative that we increase the amount of time that a person can not vote to 4 elections, or 8 months, or possibly even 6 elections, equivalent to 12 months. I believe that this would allow voters names to remain on the record for a long enough period of time for them to easily become involved again in Atlasia without the task of re-registering as well as still work the duty of purging dead, superfluous and long unheard from voters from the lists.

[Colin]

The only recommendation that I would have for Senator Jas would be to put the timeframe into elections or electoral cycles, non-inclusive of special elections. Eight months would be four elections. This would close a loophole in the system and would make it much more clear cut. This could be construed as meaning that it's 8 months from any federal election, even a special election or a runoff, until the person is stricken form the rolls then four complete federal general elections.

[Colin]

The only recommendation that I would have for Senator Jas would be to put the timeframe into elections or electoral cycles, non-inclusive of special elections. Eight months would be four elections. This would close a loophole in the system and would make it much more clear cut. This could be construed as meaning that it's 8 months from any federal election, even a special election or a runoff, until the person is stricken form the rolls then four complete federal general elections.

I'll certainly consider it, but I'm a little tired (middle of exams) so forgive me if I misunderstand, but could you clarify would this suggestion therefore disregard any votes in a special or run-off election, for the purposes of voter registration?

They should be counted by registered voters should only be taken off the roles after missing 4 national elections. So while it can count for you to vote in a special election or a runoff it cannot count against you not to. I hope you understand.

[Colin]

I would like to submit the following amendment for consideration:

That Article V, Section 2, Clause 6 of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:

Any registered voter who fails to vote in elections for eight months for which he is qualified to vote shall have his registration no longer considered valid. The said voter may only be deregistered after missing four federal elections, not including runoffs and special elections. A vote in a special election or runoff will be counted towards activity the same as a vote in a regular federal election. This clause shall not be construed to deny a forum user the right to register anew.

I hope that makes some sense.

[Colin]

Aye

[Colin]

Aye