SENATE BILL: Efficient Referenda Amendment (Failed)

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Sponsor: bore

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How is eliminating this responsibility encouraging inactivity?  Jesus guys, this is about making the process efficient and not delegated out to five different actors, which obviously, increases chances for human error/failure to open the damn booth. 

Half the Governors haven't even certified the most recent amendment, which, in and of itself isn't a huge deal, just telling.  By some miracle during that last amendment ALL the Governor's opened a booth within a day, largely because I sent a PM threatening to have Superique drone their homes.  This is not about preserving or eliminating regional rights.  This is about making the procedure for federal amendments, federally administered. 

I also understand the hesitation regarding the elimination of the prescribed amendment.  I get it, really.  If we want to discuss that as the issue, fine.  Let's just acknowledge that the process by which we run doesn't work.  Letting the SOFE administer this process provides direct responsibility and accountability.   

   

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Senators, 24 hours to object to Amendment 61:09 by Griffin.

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Is anyone open to a trade?  Regional Senate election administration for federal referenda administration?  Perhaps not..

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Cincy, this is one of your threads remember.

Yeah..was I supposed to interpret the former post as a motion from a Senator?..

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A final vote is now open on the aforementioned text.  Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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This amendment lacks the required threshold to pass.  Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

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CURRENT Vote on the Efficient Referenda Amendment:

Aye (6): Griffin, Alfred, Lumine, TNF, bore, and Tyrion
Nay (4): DC, shua, Yankee, and Goldwater
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

Less than an hour left.

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Vote on the Efficient Referenda Amendment:

Aye (6): Griffin, Alfred, Lumine, TNF, bore, and Tyrion
Nay (4): DC, shua, Yankee, and Goldwater
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

The amendment has been rejected.

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This was worth a try.  At least now we know where the Senators stand on this issue come election time, and for when we try again.

And as I previously stated, Yankee, why is delegating authority to five different actors a good thing?  It only works to increase the chances of someone screwing up.  You and I both know historically, some executives pay little attention to the Senate.  If they weren't personally PM'd by you or I, some of them don't even know an amendment was passed.  An example being when I waited a few days until sending the PM out for the Proportional Representation Act. 

Many of these Governors are, in fact, very active, with an exception, but they still missed an amendment.  Three of our current Governors even agree that this should have passed.  If we're supposed to use this delegated authority as a measurement of activity, or to encourage activity, when are we going to speak up when ou executives fail to adhere to the responsibility?  When are you going to hold them accountable for a task that you refuse to divert to a more effective means?  We can't sit on our hands and do nothing either way..