H-17.9: Joint Resolution to Suspend the Federal Electoral Act (3/19/19)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What would constitute an actual emergency in this case triggering the rule to enable congressional suspension? Like an avalanche wiping out his house in Alaska in game? Regionally specific in game death threats by Norm Olson? His mom in Texas having a stroke in game requiring him to move back to TX to care for her? Clearly something was envisioned as being a scenario warranting congressional action.

An emergency would constitute a collapse of the regional government, like with Fremont back in early 2017, during which Truman and Siren moved to help stabilize the region. If congressional intent means anything this was the basis for the clause to be added to the bill. The situation in Lincoln could also be termed as such though it was not quite as severe as some other situations.

It was never intended for a situation like this.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It was never intended for a situation like this.

Maybe, but to be fair was the relevant law really intended to punish typos corrected within 20 minutes that had no impact on any election?

The original law mandating restrictions on moving regions was made for the explicit reason of clamping down on strategic registration. The one free move you get when first joining was seen as a mitigation technique in case a newbie registered in the wrong region and wants to move. There has never been a 20 minute editing rule for registrations.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I mean, if not for the fact that there is a small child on Atlas who literally has nothing better to do than harass and annoy people (and screenshot random posts?)

I have never based my philosophy on the enforcement and interpretations of law be it positive or negative based on the screed of annoying Atlasian, regardless of who that might be.

My concern here is that we not undermine the original intent of the law and open the door to truck loads of strategic registrants flowing out, crippling regions and going in to pad someone's nest in another.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I mean, if not for the fact that there is a small child on Atlas who literally has nothing better to do than harass and annoy people (and screenshot random posts?)

I have never based my philosophy on the enforcement and interpretations of law be it positive or negative based on the screed of annoying Atlasian, regardless of who that might be.

My concern here is that we not undermine the original intent of the law and open the door to truck loads of strategic registrants flowing out, crippling regions and going in to pad someone's nest in another.

The original intent of the law was not to apply the way it does in this situation, and you said what the intention is.

That does not actually follow.

Strategic registration was more broadly defined as to mean anyone registering out of their home state and the objective was to deter people from registering out of state, because that was deterring strategic registration at the time.

Back then fear of getting trapped accidentally, actually would have been work towards not against said intent behind the move restrictions.