Convention Poll 1: Universal Participation

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I would participate a great deal.

[Associate Justice PiT]

No.

Also a poll for this sort of thing is deceiving, of course everyone if going to say they're going to participate.

     Probably the biggest problem with such a poll is that the people most enthusiastic to participate will all get elected to the upper house.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Actually, I just thought of a possibility for a bicameral congress where the lower house is not universal.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Realistically, a properly-working bicameral legislature would have 15 members total, not just 15 in the upper house. That's just me though.

     Also, on further thought I would not participate in a universal system, due to the ridiculous inactivity of a universal lower house. I came up with an alternate idea for a bicameral congress which I guess I'll keep around for the fifth convention.

[Associate Justice PiT]

    Actually, I just thought of a possibility for a bicameral congress where the lower house is not universal.

I actually already proposed that, and it didn't get enough votes from delegates to pass to the next phase of the convention.

     As it so happened, I was able to put it forth & it looks like there's a real chance of a compromise between the proponents of the two major plans.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Nothing would ever be able to be passed or in very rare situations. Imagine how many votes you'd need to pass anything and how innactive most people would be.

Majority vote and no quorum. But that sorta puts debate power in the hands of those who are always active, while some members could mobilize zombies for vote power whenever the mood strikes them. Universalism straight is becoming less and less appealing, but the current compromise being struck in the Convention is a promising starting point.

     Pretty much. People used to complain frequently about the RPP mobilizing inactive voters. If we had a universal lower house & did the same thing the complaints would multiply 10,000x.