Public Consultation and Legislation Submissions

[tmthforu94]

Senate Bill 2016:001 is inconsistent.  Section 2 says:

2. Presidential elections shall be held in the months of February, June and October. Elections shall begin between 0000 Eastern Standard Time on the second Thursday of the election month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter Thursday preceding the penultimate Friday of the election month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the penultimate Friday itself5, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.

Are Presidential elections supposed to be held starting the second Friday or the penultimate Friday?  This formulation is missing something, and needs to be fixed in a future bill or in the conference committee.

Good catch - this piece of legislation is only dealing with the June election, it isn't setting a policy from the future. I copied parts of the old constitution to set the exact hours of the election and forgot to remove that part of it. I have notified the Speaker so that it is corrected in the House.

[tmthforu94]

Thank you for your submissions. Each chamber has one spot open for public submissions, so both of Winfield's amendments have been brought to the floor. Once one either passes or is defeated, we will be able to bring up Scott's bill.

[tmthforu94]

Clyde1998 - thank you for making use of this thread! You do not necessarily need a sponsor. Since Scott's bill is temporarily tabled, once Winfield's two bills are resolved, we will be able to bring your bill to Congress. Clark or I will notify you when that occurs.

[tmthforu94]

I ask Congress to consider this bill which would allow for statehood votes to occur within 6 months of passage of the bill, allows for time for organization and a campaign, as opposed to what occurred in June.

ACT OF CONGRESS

To provide statehood referenda to the territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Atlasian Samoa

Be it Enacted in Both Houses of Congress Assembled,

Section 1: Title
1. This act shall be titled the “Atlasia Territorial Statehood Act 2.0”

Section 2: Granting Statehood Referenda
1. The territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Atlasian Samoa shall be granted statehood referenda within 6 months of passage of this legislation.
2. For any individual territory, a simple majority must vote in favor of statehood for the referendum to pass.

Section 3: Referenda Passing Impact
1. If a referendum passes in any given territory, the impacts will be as follows:
a. All Atlasian nationals within those territories listed above that pass a referendum in favor of statehood shall be granted citizenship immediately upon their statehood.
b. the territory shall become a state, effective immediately
c. Any person born within the territories listed above shall be granted citizenship immediately upon statehood.