SB 112-24: Harness the Mules Act (Passed)

[Mr. Reactionary]

HARNESS THE MULES ACT

1. No voter may deliver their ballot early or by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, or other means. Ballots shall only be valid if posted in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread during the election period.

2. No ballot may be delivered to the Voting Booth Thread by a proxy or ballot harvester.

3. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

4. No federal, Regional, State, or local electoral board, office, or official in Atlasia shall solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any money, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity that otherwise meets the requirements for polling places or voter satellite offices provided by law or acceptance of a federal government grant.

5.This act shall take effect immediately.

Sponsor: Reactionary on behalf of a citizen (LouisvilleThunder)
Debate is now open on this bill.

[Utah Neolib]

I am delivering my ballot via mail to a website

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

HARNESS THE MULES ACT

1. No voter may deliver their ballot early or by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, or other means, and may not vote early unless approved by the Secretary of Federal Elections for a valid, real-life excuse that would cause said voter to be absent during a three-day voting period. Ballots shall only be valid if posted in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread during the election period, unless posted in a thread designated by the Secretary of Federal Elections for early voting.

2. No ballot may be delivered to the Voting Booth Thread by a proxy or ballot harvester.

3. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

4. No federal, Regional, State, or local electoral board, office, or official in Atlasia shall solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any money, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity that otherwise meets the requirements for polling places or voter satellite offices provided by law or acceptance of a federal government grant.

5.This act shall take effect immediately.

Offering an amendment. Allowing rare, public early voting if someone has a leave of absence isn't a terrible idea.

[Mr. Reactionary]

24 hours to object to the amendment.

[Utah Neolib]

I object

[Joseph Cao]

Has this ever been an issue? LOAs haven't stopped people from voting, not recently (ask S019) and not ever that I recall, plus those who declare LOAs are always plugged in enough to know to schedule their leaves of absence to avoid election weekend anyway.

[WD]

Motion to table

[Mr. Reactionary]

An objection having been made we shall now proceed to a vote on the amendment lasting 36 hours or until evrtyone has voted whichever occurs soonest.

[Mr. Reactionary]

So as the vote is open, a summary of this bill is that it appears to prohibit in Atlasia early voting, vote by mail, proxy voting, ballot dropboxes, ballot harvesting, voter bribing, and Zuckerbucks.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Aye on the amendment

[Utah Neolib]

Nay on amendment

[Mr. Reactionary]

Nay

[PPT Spiral]

Aye

[Saint Milei]

Nay

[OSR stands with Israel]

Nay

[Mr. Reactionary]

By a vote of 2-5-0-11 amendment fails and debate resumes.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Are English ballots already required by law?

[S019]

Motion to table

[West_Midlander]

Motion to table

Don't know if this is necessary but if so, I object

[Mr. Reactionary]

Looks like english is required already.

[PPT Spiral]

Shall the motion to table receive a vote?

[Mr. Reactionary]

Motions to table require a second under the rules. No second was ever made. Motions to table cannot be made for the first 96 hours a bill is on the floor. Motions to table must pass by a 2/3rds vote. It is extremely unlikely any bill gets tabled without the request of the sponsor.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Motions to table require a second under the rules. No second was ever made. Motions to table cannot be made for the first 96 hours a bill is on the floor. Motions to table must pass by a 2/3rds vote. It is extremely unlikely any bill gets tabled without the request of the sponsor.

Or a broad consensus of the Senate is against the bill.

Though even then, tabling is the less favored option to just overwhelmingly voting something down.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I move for a final vote. 24 hours to object.

[Mr. Reactionary]

A final vote is now open on this bill lasting until noon on Monday eastern or until everyone has voted, whichever occurs soonest. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

HARNESS THE MULES ACT

1. No voter may deliver their ballot early or by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, or other means. Ballots shall only be valid if posted in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread during the election period.

2. No ballot may be delivered to the Voting Booth Thread by a proxy or ballot harvester.

3. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

4. No federal, Regional, State, or local electoral board, office, or official in Atlasia shall solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any money, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity that otherwise meets the requirements for polling places or voter satellite offices provided by law or acceptance of a federal government grant.

5.This act shall take effect immediately.