Northeast Assembly Thread

[Ameriplan]

Aye

[AndrewTX]

AYEasourusrex

[redcommander]

Aye

[justW353]

Aye

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

With six ayes and one unexcused absence, The Balanced Budget Amendment passes goes to the Governor's desk for his signature or veto.

[ej2mm15]

aye

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

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Sponsor: Rep. Morgan Brykein

The question is whether the bill should be considered?

The ayes have it.

Debate on this bill shall extend until at least Sunday, July 24nd, 9:18 PM unless the debate period is shortened or extended in accordance with the SOAP.

The Sponsor, Rep. Morgan Brykein, has the floor

[Free Palestine]

Score voting is a lot simpler than our current system.  In the last election, I had a hard time figuring out if I had been elected or not.  Instant-runoff has it's flaws, and I think it wouldn't hurt to experiment with other, potentially better, voting systems.

[AndrewTX]

I support this, I do love voting with just an X, but it makes sense to go by a scoring when there is more than 2 candidates.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

It seems like this would be very hard to implement, and voters not actively following politics in the Northeast would be confused. Plus issues like ties seem more likely with this kind of voting.

[Rowan]

While I agree with the notion that our current system is a little difficult to figure out, I believe it is the fairest system and I'm reluctant to change it.

[Free Palestine]

It seems like this would be very hard to implement, and voters not actively following politics in the Northeast would be confused. Plus issues like ties seem more likely with this kind of voting.

Ties are probably more likely with IRV, than with score voting.  And voters who aren't familiar with a candidate can just put in a "no opinion" vote, which will have no effect on that candidate's standing.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

I will offer an amendment.

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Changing everything to score voting would be a major leap. Why don't we take this change slowly, and only implement it for the October Lt. Gubernatorial Election as a trial? If we like how it works, we can write another bill making the score voting permanent, and if we don't like it, then we never have to worry about it again!

[Free Palestine]

I will offer an amendment.

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Changing everything to score voting would be a major leap. Why don't we take this change slowly, and only implement it for the October Lt. Gubernatorial Election as a trial? If we like how it works, we can write another bill making the score voting permanent, and if we don't like it, then we never have to worry about it again!

That's a wonderful idea!  I support this amendment.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

I will offer an amendment.

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Changing everything to score voting would be a major leap. Why don't we take this change slowly, and only implement it for the October Lt. Gubernatorial Election as a trial? If we like how it works, we can write another bill making the score voting permanent, and if we don't like it, then we never have to worry about it again!

That's a wonderful idea!  I support this amendment.

Thanks man, I'll hold the vote on the amendment right now! I just realized that we don't have to hold votes on amendments to legislation if they're deemed friendly, so we're good to go for tomorrow!

[Free Palestine]

It's always good to try new things, even in government.  If the people are happy with the results for Lieutenant Governor in October, then we can implement score voting to apply to all regional elections with more than two candidates.

Now, hopefully we'll have more than two candidates for lieutenant governor.

I nearly forgot...there should be a write-in option.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

We will now hold a vote on The Score Voting Act. Representatives have 24 hours to vote.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Aye (BTW this vote is being held on the amended bill, as Representative Morgan supports the amendment)

[Free Palestine]

Yeah

[justW353]

Aye

[redcommander]

Aye

[AndrewTX]

I've decided to ABSTAINANATIONATORIES!!

Lab

"Abstain"

[ej2mm15]

Aye

[Ameriplan]

Ayewhatever

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

With six ayes and one abstention, The Score Voting Act passes goes to the Governor's desk for his signature or veto.