FT 10-28: Fremont Rapid Election Prevention Act of 2019 (Passed)

[Esteemed Jimmy]

AN ACT
to eliminate excessive and frequent elections, be it enacted by parliament assembled

Section I: Title

1. The long title of this Act shall be, the "Fremont Rapid Election Prevention Act of 2019." It may be cited as the "Rapid Election Prevention Act," the “Rapid Election Act,” or abbreviated as the "FREPA" or the “REPA.”

Section II: Definitions

1. A “regionwide election” is an election that Fremont’s citizens can participate in, but not citizens outside of Fremont.
2. A “fortnight” is equivalent to 168 (one hundred and sixty-eight) hours.

Section III: Text

1. No regionwide election in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall start within a fortnight hours of the previous regionwide election.
2. No regionwide election shall end any less than a fortnight before the start of a scheduled regionwide election.

Section IV: Enactment Clause

1. This Act shall take effect immediately after passing the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Fremont.

Parliament of the Commonwealth of Fremont
Passed

Sponsor: KoopaDaQuick
Designation: FT 10-28

[Esteemed Jimmy]

FT 10-28 is now on the floor. Debate on this legislation has begun and shall last for no less than 72 hours.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

This bill is problematic in two ways. Firstly, it would need to be a constitutional amendment. Secondly, we already have this. Any vacancy within 2 weeks of the general doesn't go to a special, and instead the vacancy is appointed for the remainder.

[YE]

Considering the vacancies we often suffer, the end result of this would likely mean temporary appointments, which are sometimes partisan, would serve for longer than intended to under the constitution, since we have like 2-3 region wide elections a month.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Yeah I think although this is a good idea on paper it just wouldn't work in practice.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Also, what do we do about special elections after recalls? They are legally required to be held the weekend after a recall, but this law means they can't be.

[Fmr. Representative Encke]

Also, what do we do about special elections after recalls? They are legally required to be held the weekend after a recall, but this law means they can't be.

I assume the intent of the bill is specifically to prevent/spread out these seemingly weekly recall elections that we've been having. But yeah, whatever its intent, it is unconstitutional.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

In light of the blatant unconstitutional nature of this bill, and the lack of debate or want for what it wants to achieve, I move to table this bill. Do I have a seconder?

[Don Vito Corleone]

In light of the blatant unconstitutional nature of this bill, and the lack of debate or want for what it wants to achieve, I move to table this bill. Do I have a seconder?
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I second.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

A vote on the motion to table FT 10-28 has started, which shall last for 48 hours or until the whole membership has voted. A two-thirds majority is needed to table.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Aye

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Aye

[Don Vito Corleone]

Aye

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Aye

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Aye

[YE]

Aye

Should have been tabled due to no advocacy.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Aye.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

The motion to table FT 10-28 has passed by a vote of 7-0-0-0.

FT 10-28 is tabled immediately.