ScottSurveys: The Regional Restructuring Amendment of 2012

[Donerail]

Positive, because hey, it's reform actually being proposed.

[Donerail]

Positive, because hey, it's reform actually being proposed.

"Proposal" is a low standard to use to form an opinion. There are a lot of bad reform ideas, reducing the number of Senate seats is one of the worst. As someone who has served two terms as a regional Senator, that body needs all the active participants it can get.

Not saying it's a good idea or it should be enacted, but I have a positive opinion because, despite the flaws, it's an actual serious proposal for reform, and can of course be amended.

[Donerail]

Positive, but rather than eliminating seats their should be some provision by which the last two Senators are chosen in some other fashion. By lot. Elected by the two largest parties. Something.

Don't you expect highly predictable results with only four at large seats?

I don't know what I'd expect. I've only voted in three or four at-large elections. Now that I think about it, I don't know why the number of at-large seats should be the same as the number of regions. Seems to make more sense to index it to the number of citizens, with, say, one at-large Senator per 25.

I believe it's to balance regional and popular interests, with them being equally represented in the Senate.