Well, this bill is fairly straight forward, and seeks to fix the stagnation and boringness of current federal elections through the avenue of game reform as opposed to more conventional avenues.
In terms of the bill itself, the bill:
1) Bans the SoFE from listing any party affiliations on the ballots
2) Bans the Registrar General from keeping track of party affiliations
3) Forces Peebs to register everyone as independent before implementing point 2 (not like it matters, she really would just delete the "party" column I assume)
If this was real life I would also add that non-partisan elections foster dialogue between people from different ideologies and ""bipartisanship"" (despite parties not existing) and what not, but that does not really apply in Atlasia, at least not as of late.
The way this would fix the current problem of non-competitiveness however is remarkably similar to that of real life. In theory, a bill like this would force candidates to stand as their own men and women, with their own ideas to fix the issues, and for voters to decide based exclusively on that instead of blindly voting for the candidates they are told by the party.
Since it is the 4th of July, I will even quote the founder of the real life US, George Washington
I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. [...]
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. [...]
... the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
... in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Anyways you may now tear this idea to shreds before inevitably tabling it 5-1 or 6-0
