The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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     I do think that Lord of Darkness is not that great of a title. How about Viceroy?

How about Lieutenant Governor? That law JBrase signed was a mistake, now it's time to restore the IDS to the SE...

Since there's nothing else to do, I think we should return the SE to it's roots, with standard titles of "Lieutenant Governor" instead of "Lork of Darkness," etc. Would anyone be in favor/willing to sponsor/write such a bill?

Well, I would probably support it for one simple reason - I can't actually bloody remember any of the titles.

As for writing it, I might do it if nobody else wants to.

That would be appreciated.

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     I do think that Lord of Darkness is not that great of a title. How about Viceroy?

How about Lieutenant Governor? That law JBrase signed was a mistake, now it's time to restore the IDS to the SE...

     Try to convince all three Legislators of that.

I will. The names, with all respect, make our region sound silly and not serious. There is no such thing as an Emperor in a Republic, and I don't think there's ever been a Lord of Darkness is any government in the history of civilization (or at least I hope not).

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     I do think that Lord of Darkness is not that great of a title. How about Viceroy?

How about Lieutenant Governor? That law JBrase signed was a mistake, now it's time to restore the IDS to the SE...

     Try to convince all three Legislators of that.

I will. The names, with all respect, make our region sound silly and not serious. There is no such thing as an Emperor in a Republic, and I don't think there's ever been a Lord of Darkness is any government in the history of civilization (or at least I hope not).

There is now.

Well, let's fix that mistake.

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Here's what I think-

SE- Southeast
Governor- Governor
Lt. Governor- Lt. Governor/Assembly President
Speaker- Assembly Speaker or Legislative Assembly Speaker* or Speaker
Assemblyman- Assemblyman or MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)*

* if name changed from Assembly to Legislative Assembly.

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I mean, what's the point in having silly names for everything that make our region sound like some Star Wars fan club?

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I wholeheartedly endorse KS21's plan to return the South to its roots.

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I mean, what's the point in having silly names for everything that make our region sound like some Star Wars fan club?

I think it was something along the lines of this:

I still don't like it. If we were to have anything other than your standard set of names (Gov., Lt. Gov., Speaker, etc.), at least make it sound less... ...dark.

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I mean, what's the point in having silly names for everything that make our region sound like some Star Wars fan club?

I think it was something along the lines of this:

I still don't like it. If we were to have anything other than your standard set of names (Gov., Lt. Gov., Speaker, etc.), at least make it sound less... ...dark.

What do you suggest?  And what happened to our third legislator?

Miles?

College exam week. He's been rather busy. I believe he had his final exam today, so we should be hearing more from him shortly.

I took his place.

Unconstitutional.

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     To be honest, I like the individuality that the evil titles give the region. Also, I can't speak for anyone else, but another reason I helped pass it was to one-up the loonies in the Midwest.

If it's individuality we're looking for, can anyone come up with alternative titles that sound reasonable?

And why try to one-up loons in the looniness category???

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     I suppose I just like these titles.

There's those among us who don't.

At this point, I'd like to start using the SE/DS titles again and get a reasonable set of office names.

And if we want to have something other than your standard names (Gov, AG, etc.), we could at least make it sound less teenager-that's-spent-too-much-time-playing-wierd,-dark-videogames-ish.

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     I suppose I just like these titles.

There's those among us who don't.

At this point, I'd like to start using the SE/DS titles again and get a reasonable set of office names.

And if we want to have something other than your standard names (Gov, AG, etc.), we could at least make it sound less teenager-that's-spent-too-much-time-playing-wierd,-dark-videogames-ish.

As far as I can see, Lord of Darkness is the only kinda weird one and I am open to changing that.  I don't see what is "loony" about Emperor, Imperial Speaker, and the rest.

Emperor and Imperial are anti-Democratic titles, although I don't completely oppose them.

Lord of Darkness is just plain nutty.

Maybe a "You pick" bill would be good, allowing the SE/DS/IDS to all be valid along with Gov./Emperor etc.

However, Lord of Darkness has to go. Period.

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Also, attached to this new bill we could transfer the position of Registar to me, as it appears we don't know who's in charge of that job right now.

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Also, attached to this new bill we could transfer the position of Registar to me, as it appears we don't know who's in charge of that job right now.

I hate to be the ignorant sounding one, but what exactly is the function of the Registrar in Atlasia?  And how about we put the decision on titles to the people?  Let's hold a referendum.  Here is what I was thinking.  Of course the specific titles that would appear on the ballot are subject to change as decided by this legislative body.  Thoughts?

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That's fine with me.

And the registar is in charge of registration for parties and states at the federal level. We have "regional parties," but it appears the whole system for those has been lost somewhere along the way...

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And in doing this we should wipe clean all regional party affiliations and register everyone as independent since we have lost all records somehow. Then they can register with a party (I'd open a thread for this)

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Essentially,

1. Do we want the people decide the titles of the public offices or should the legislature vote on this? Or should we legalize both sets of titles?

2. We need to adress who's in charge of being registar. I'd like to get this regional party system up and moving...

Legislators, any thoughts?

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Hans does not manage the long-forgotten regional parties, something I'd like to revive.

It kinda like British Columbia. There's the federal liberals (who fit their name) and then there's the provencial Liberals, which ironically is the right-wing party of the province.

I sent a message out to all three legislators, and only one has responded. Miles has no excuse, he's been on since I sent that message out. Sven I think has as well, but I'll check on that...

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(crickets)

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Could we get a voting booth up in that case, since that's the only thing that's been suggested?

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    Since it's not especially critical, would it be alright with everyone if I waited until late Thursday night/Friday morning to open it? It might impact turnout negatively to have the booth open exclusively during the week, since people don't really expect one then.

Yeah, that's fine.

And would the registar position be included, or do we need a bill for that (I'd like to get this program going again)?

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No, I talked to the Emperor and it appears no one knows

A. Where the hell the regional registration thread is

B. Who the job belongs to

and I'd like to add it to my role as Lt. Gov. to sorta revitalize the program. My job is bland as it is, don't get to propose or vote on anything (except in rare ties).

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No, I talked to the Emperor and it appears no one knows

A. Where the hell the regional registration thread is

B. Who the job belongs to

and I'd like to add it to my role as Lt. Gov. to sorta revitalize the program. My job is bland as it is, don't get to propose or vote on anything (except in rare ties).

How about this.  You post a bill in this thread or PM it to me and I will officially bring it before the legislature so that we can "debate" it.

Will do. I'll try to have it done by tomorrow.

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Okay. Anyone want to propose such a bill?

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My bill has been sent to Yelnoc. Hopefully he can bring it to the floor soon. When this happens,

DEBATE MAY BEGIN

Debate will last 12 hours before we hold an up-or-down vote before moving on to other business.

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Debate ends at 9 PM Central.

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Debate ends at 9 PM Central.

And I may shut it down early if no one says anything...