NE2: 2 Month Term Act (Failed)

[Talleyrand]

My hope with this was to increase activity by increasing the number of elections for the region's most important position, but scheduling them in with our off Assembly elections too. If we elect a Governor every two month, they would be less likely to trail off and decrease in activity towards the end of their terms, which we've seen sometimes with the four month terms, and we could have the people make their voices heard far more than we do now.

Of course this isn't a necessary change, but I do think it could really increase activity in regional politics.

[Talleyrand]

I guess this is just an opinion thing.

I'm not sold on this - I like the idea of the office of Governor having more prestige with a four month term. Otherwise it just seems as if he's a Representative with a veto pen instead of a vote.

I don't really see the case for that; he'd have all the powers that the Governor currently has, but simply have to face election more. If say we had a Governor who won four terms in a row under the proposed system, it might even be more prestigious than a Governor who won two terms in a row under the current system, if that makes sense.

[Talleyrand]

Well, again, the powers themselves wouldn't be reduced, just the length of time served. I see the argument you're making, but I really think more regular elections for this office would be both interesting and weaken inactivity at the same time.

[Talleyrand]

As a GM and former Governor, I do not support this bill. We have a hard enough time finding people to fill Assembly seats, now we need to have another election every 2 months. If anything we should be extending Assembly terms due to lack of demand.

The Northeast as of late has over-legislated, and this is a prime example. This won't fix the problem, and will just add more work for other players.

Please enlighten us on how the Northeast has been "over-legislated".