NE1: Patchwork Amendment

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

started with trying to fix the clusterfck that is Article VII, Clause 2, and tacked on a bunch of other grammatical and logical fixes. there's no huge substantive changes.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I may have something substantive to say about the proposed amendment.  I have to check the federal constitution, but I think they use the Thursday preceding the penultimate Friday language you are deleting.

regional elections don't necessarily have to be at the exact same time as federal elections

and i think it's better to have a single specific time rather than a time period of over a day tbh

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

We in the Northeast made a conscious decisions years ago to hold our elections at the same time as the Federal elections in order to maximize turnout.  There is no reason to change that.

it should be mentioned, of course, that in practice, federal elections always open at exactly 12:00:00am est friday anyway.

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i would argue, actually, that "midnight eastern standard time" is more ambiguous than "12:00:00am est".

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allows them to be included in regular elections, which would definitely increase turnout.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Again, under the SOAP, this amendment needs a statement in favor explaining the amendment by the sponsor, which is subject to debate, and must be restated by the Speaker at the time of the vote.

could you tell us where exactly it says that? i don't see it.

regardless:
this amendment is necessary to fix some glaring grammatical and logical issues in the constitution, especially article vii clause 2, and to synchronise the various types of northeast elections.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Giving some context and information to voters comes from the constitutional amendment explanation act adopted earlier this year.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=207593.0

thank you. i have added this to the soap article on the wiki.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

we will now proceed to a final vote.

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Article II, Clause 5 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article II, Clause 13 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article III, Clause 2 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article III, Clause 3 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article III, Clause 6 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article III, Clause 9 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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Article V, Clause 2 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article V, Clause 3 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article VII, Clause 2 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Article VIII of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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Clause 7a of the Cabinet Amendment shall be amended to read:

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this amendment is necessary to fix some glaring grammatical and logical issues in the constitution, especially article vii clause 2, and to synchronise the various types of northeast elections.

representatives have 48 hours to vote.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

aye

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

with all four representatives voting in favor, this has passed the assembly and should be presented to The People for approval.