Senate Confirmation Hearing: TimTurner for Debate Moderator (Confirmed)

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I'd like to jump in quickly and state that one thing Tim and I discussed that would be a first step with this position is reforming the above mentioned bill that sets requirements for this act as parts of it are impractical.

One aspect of that is it is nearly impossible to find a non-partisan person as I had initially sought out, I think a Deputy DM would be good for conflicts of interest. The bill also doesn't really outline what happens if candidates don't agree on a debate moderator - it states that there is only one DM, but then requires that all candidates agree on one. More changes would be likely, for example I don't think the DM should be "required" to host any debates except Presidential and probably Congressional, anything beyond that should be on a request basis. That includes Party Chairs.

Hopefully I'm not intruding here, but just a note - all of the debate types listed in the bill were suggestions, not requirements. The ones I included were put in there specifically as types of debates that were likely to be covered, but not required per se.

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I think it is in the interest of the people of my region to know what the party's stand for and thus I shall insist on these forums being carried out.


I voted for this bill and then implemented it as President with the understanding that it would be used to restore AFE based debate and discussion of issues/topics in the discord era. I find it disappointing that we are already contemplating it being scaled back.

Yep, in full agreement here, the bill was written to help foster debates on new fronts (such as party leaders' debates) and could even be used for topics currently seen as unconventional like referendums, and I hope that function does not get scaled back, as we need more debate, not less of it.