Constitutional Convention - Commentary thread.

[tmthforu94]

So independents are being shut out, once again?

[tmthforu94]

So independents are being shut out, once again?

Absolutely not.
15 delegates (60% of total) will be elected by the regions and all people (including independents) had time to declare their candidacy.

There are many people (including you) that declared candidacy after the deadline, so I'm not sure you'll be included in the ballot.

Who came up with the idea of giving Senate the ability to pick almost half of the members? Oh wait, let me guess: Senate.

[tmthforu94]

Here's a novel idea.

How about more input from, oh, I don't know, maybe from THE PEOPLE!

Pass an AMENDMENT in the Senate increasing the number of delegates from 25 to 31, so there will be 10 from the Senate, 21 from THE PEOPLE, so THE PEOPLE have more input.

Four of the 21 delegates elected by the people are to be independents.

Duh!

Won't 2/3s be required to pass anything? That should have been the ratio, not 60/40. Now the Senate can block something if they don't like it. And they get to select which partisan members get into there? Sounds like cronyism to me!

[tmthforu94]

I will be contesting the results.

[tmthforu94]

I wish I was a delegate so I could ram my ideas through with ease.

PM me. Defeat the Nyman machine. Unleash Duke's dream.

[tmthforu94]

I laid forward a sound argument on why Kansas is a better fit in the South with Missouri and Oklahoma. So far there hasn't been a compelling argument against anything I said, just shouts that I (and others) should sit down and shut up because a different group of citizens, not the ConCon delegates, already picked a map. These are debates that should be held.