Third Amendment to the Consolidated Electoral Reform Act (Law'd)

[MasterJedi]

Third Amendment to the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act

Section 2, Clause 2 is amended to read:

2. If no candidate has a majority of highest preference votes, the candidate with the fewest highest preferences shall be eliminated, and his or her votes redistributed according to the next-highest preferences of the voters.
Spon: Sen. PiT

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up a vote on this bill. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Aye

[MasterJedi]

With 6 Ayes, 0 Nays and 0 Abstentions this bill has passed. I hereby present it to the President for his signature.

Wow, it passed in less than an hour!

[MasterJedi]

Isn't this already law?

     The current test says"fewest first preferences". Wording it this way makes it ensures that a tie results in a runoff, which means more election fun for everyone.

     You are right that it has been de facto law for a long time, but as Jas pointed out it may not have an actual basis in Atlasian law. This amendment makes sure that it does.

I'm not so sure about that... Elections are like candy. They're fun in moderation. But too much and you might get sick...

Uhm, Mr. President. It's on your desk....

[MasterJedi]

Isn't this already law?

     The current test says"fewest first preferences". Wording it this way makes it ensures that a tie results in a runoff, which means more election fun for everyone.

     You are right that it has been de facto law for a long time, but as Jas pointed out it may not have an actual basis in Atlasian law. This amendment makes sure that it does.

I'm not so sure about that... Elections are like candy. They're fun in moderation. But too much and you might get sick...

Uhm, Mr. President. It's on your desk....

I see that... I will have to ponder this for a short while more.

Fair enough. But you just posted that without saying anything.

[MasterJedi]

Also, I like it when you call  me "The P." I informally request that everyone refers to me as "The P" for the remainder of my tenure as President.

Haha. There wasn't enough space for "President" so I shortened it to make it fit and so everyone would fully know what I meant.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up the veto override vote. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Aye

Ties don't happen very often. Nobody complains if there's a tie that results in a runnoff in a Senate or Gubernatorial election. And since this is the first time a tie almost happened in a Presidential election in 5 years there shouldn't be any problems.

[MasterJedi]

There are enough votes to override this veto. Senators now have 24 hours to change their votes.

[MasterJedi]

With 7 Ayes, 0 Nays and 1 Abstention this veto is overriden and this bill becomes law.