NE3: Northeast Independence Amendment (passed)

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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sponsor: evergreen

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

this amendment would provide for independence and set some rules for the transitional period, in the form of a simple constitutional amendment this time.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

The wording is confusing. So, is the amendment supposed to take effect after a hypothetical win for "YES" in an independence referendum, or is this essentially a unilateral declaration of independence?

we're replacing the yes-no vote with an amendment ratification vote, basically. the amendment is clear enough about its purpose that this isn't like misleading or anything

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

The wording is confusing. So, is the amendment supposed to take effect after a hypothetical win for "YES" in an independence referendum, or is this essentially a unilateral declaration of independence?

we're replacing the yes-no vote with an amendment ratification vote, basically. the amendment is clear enough about its purpose that this isn't like misleading or anything

So the voters would vote on this amendment, and we are just debating on the final amendment to send to them?

yes.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Would we set up our own registry of voters and how would we want to handle that?

do you mean during the transitional period?

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[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I request that we close the debate for voting - seeing as this is the third attempt at passing a referendum (on independence) bill.

standard debating period is over in 9 hours anyway, so we'll do it then.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

friendly.

let's have a final vote:

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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representatives have 48 hours to vote aye, nay, or abstain

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

aye

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Doesn't this have to be unanimous?

no?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

passed 3-1, with rep. rgn not voting