SB 110-10: The People Should Decide Amendment (Tabled)

[Devout Centrist]

we have elections every two months...

[Devout Centrist]

Looks like the anti-democracy crowd has shown up.

Perhaps a compromise should be that any candidate who runs for office simply to do this should be ineligible to hold any office for a year. Thats more than fair.

 Its outrageous that anyone thinks its ethical to run for an office he or she doesnt intend to serve in just to allow an undemocratic party boss to annoint some hack to rig the People's Senate. These are the People's seats, not the party bosses's seats. This isnt some dumb parliament. We elect candidates, not parties. The People should decide

What if they resign for personal reasons? Unless there's clear evidence someone ran for office with the intent to resign immediately, I don't see why a ban is necessary.

[Devout Centrist]

I feel like yall would be angry if the right did something similar. I’ll admit that it’s hard to find a good solution here though.

I don’t really see it as an issue, personally. Say West Midlander resigned and was replaced by Fhtagn. Both of them would probably vote the same on most legislation. Maybe Fhtagn introduces more religiously minded bills, but the overall effect isn’t that drastic.

Elections are always around the corner in Atlasia. If this were a traditional Senate with 6 year terms, this would be a much more salient issue.

[Devout Centrist]

I second.

[Devout Centrist]

Aye