L.C. 10.19 - Third Lincoln Constitution

[Former President tack50]

May I please ask the council to not bastardize the great constitution Kaiser, Truman and I wrote?

The main objective of this constitution should be a "return to basics"; making Lincoln the region with the most simple system of government, to the point almost where it might be considered too simple (better safe than sorry in this regard).

Seriously the constitution was written to be short, simple, effective and to the point. Then again even this is like 99% of what we wrote so this is nitpicking at this point

Iirc the main differences between this and my original plan are:

> Legislature fixed at 5 members no matter what
> 2 month terms for the legislature (staggered with 4 month terms for Governor)
> Party appointments like the federal House of Representatives to fill in vacancies instead of special elections

[Former President tack50]

AYE

May I please ask the council to not bastardize the great constitution Kaiser, Truman and I wrote?

The main objective of this constitution should be a "return to basics"; making Lincoln the region with the most simple system of government, to the point almost where it might be considered too simple (better safe than sorry in this regard).

Seriously the constitution was written to be short, simple, effective and to the point. Then again even this is like 99% of what we wrote so this is nitpicking at this point

Iirc the main differences between this and my original plan are:

> Legislature fixed at 5 members no matter what
> 2 month terms for the legislature (staggered with 4 month terms for Governor)
> Party appointments like the federal House of Representatives to fill in vacancies instead of special elections

I don't understand why it needs to be so simple, government is inherently complex, and dumbing it down is a bad idea, imo

Imagine wanting a system of government where not even the people elected to their respective offices can't understand!

[Former President tack50]

2 month elections is not a good idea, I object. Frequent elections result in voter fatigue, and also as I said earlier, new players are not as good at campaigning.

How would it result in voter fatigue when the House already has two-month elections?

I will note that if anything, 2 month terms would result in less voter fatigue as off season elections would be eliminated; with regional elections happening at the same time as federal ones.