Mideast Assembly Thread

[Purple State]

Aye to the legislation and amendment.


I will leave voting open for both until tomorrow at 8:20pm Eastern time, or until afleitch votes.

[Franzl]

Afleitch will be gone all week, he said, just for your information.

[Purple State]

Afleitch will be gone all week, he said, just for your information.

Wasn't sure if he emant this week or next week.

In that case I will end the voting on both the legislation and the Amendment.

The First Cleaning the Books Act and First Amendment both pass with 2 votes Aye and no opposition. I will bring it to the Governor to start a voting booth for the Amendment tomorrow (together with the Assembly elections).

Anyone else plan on running for those?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Afleitch will be gone all week, he said, just for your information.

Wasn't sure if he emant this week or next week.

In that case I will end the voting on both the legislation and the Amendment.

The First Cleaning the Books Act and First Amendment both pass with 2 votes Aye and no opposition. I will bring it to the Governor to start a voting booth for the Amendment tomorrow (together with the Assembly elections).

Anyone else plan on running for those?

The legislation has been signed.

[Hash]

I ask that one of my representatives in this chamber introduce this for me.

Mideast Vote Editing Act

1. In all regional votes in the Mideast region, citizens shall be allowed to edit their ballots within 20 minutes of posting their original ballot.
2. Ballot editing shall not be allowed beyond the official ending time set for the election or referendum.

[afleitch]

I'll be happy to introduce it as it aligns our election regulations with those of federal government

[Purple State]

I ask that one of my representatives in this chamber introduce this for me.

Mideast Vote Editing Act

1. In all regional votes in the Mideast region, citizens shall be allowed to edit their ballots within 20 minutes of posting their original ballot.
2. Ballot editing shall not be allowed beyond the official ending time set for the election or referendum.

This will take a Constitutional Amendment, but I'd be happy to bring to the floor the legislation sponsored by alfeitch.

I'll be happy to introduce it as it aligns our election regulations with those of federal government

Just write it up and I'll bring it for a vote. It would go to the people hopefully by next Thursday.

[Purple State]

I congratulate the members of the Assembly on their reelection. Are there any objections to me staying on as Speaker?

[afleitch]

I congratulate the members of the Assembly on their reelection. Are there any objections to me staying on as Speaker?

Not from this corner

[Peter]

No objection

[Purple State]

In that case let's get to discussing an Amendment to allow for public referendum in the Mideast. We don't want to eliminate any of the branches of government, so how do we make referendum mean something? Perhaps we allow Mideast residents to voice dissent on legislation that has been passed. If enough dissent is raised we have a referendum each month for those bills.

How about this:

Second Amendment to the Third Mideast Constitution

1. Article 3, Section 2 of the Third Mideast Constitution, titled Legislation, shall hereby include the following as Clause 5: "Should the Assembly pass and the Governor sign legislation and a group of 4 or more citizens publicly protest the measure in either the Mideast Assembly or a separate thread, a public referendum shall be held on that legislation. All public referendums shall come to a full vote of the citizens of the Mideast in a special Voting Booth to be administered in accordance with Article IV of this Constitution. Said votes shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the first day of each month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time of the second day of the month, and shall conclude exactly 48 hours after beginning."


Thoughts?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Just so I can get this right - is the purpose of this to be like a mid-term election?  Because if it is, it looks good, otherwise, I'd move the date that we hold them to the 3rd Thursday of the month.

[Purple State]

Just so I can get this right - is the purpose of this to be like a mid-term election?  Because if it is, it looks good, otherwise, I'd move the date that we hold them to the 3rd Thursday of the month.

I figured it could serve as a barometer of sorts for the direction of the Assembly. I really have no preference and would be fine, to make things easier, moving it to coincide with the regular elections.

[Purple State]

I call the following Amendment to the Constitution to a vote of the Assembly. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain on sending this to the people of the Mideast for a full vote.

Second Amendment to the Third Mideast Constitution

1. Article 3, Section 2 of the Third Mideast Constitution, titled Legislation, shall hereby include the following as Clause 5: "Should the Assembly pass and the Governor sign legislation and a group of 4 or more citizens publicly protest the measure in either the Mideast Assembly or a separate thread, a public referendum shall be held on that legislation. All public referendums shall come to a full vote of the citizens of the Mideast in a special Voting Booth to be administered in accordance with Article IV of this Constitution. Voting shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 48 hours after beginning."


Aye

[Hash]

Why has no action on my proposed legislation been taken?

[Purple State]

Why has no action on my proposed legislation been taken?

I'll write it up in a second. I was waiting for afleitch to do it. If I am not mistaken this will take a Constitutional Amendment, so let me throw it up.

[Purple State]

I call the following Amendment to the Constitution to a vote of the Assembly. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain on sending this to the people of the Mideast for a full vote.

Third Amendment to the Third Mideast Constitution

Article IV, Section 1, Clause 3, which reads: "If a voter shall edit the post in which their vote(s) are contained, their vote(s) shall be counted as invalid."
shall hereby read, "Voters shall be allowed to edit their ballots within 20 minutes of posting their original ballot or until the official end time of voting, whichever comes first."


Aye

[Peter]

Nay. I've never liked the 20 minute rule.

[Purple State]

Nay. I've never liked the 20 minute rule.

What about the Second Amendment for public referendum?

[afleitch]

Apologies folks. Aye - for uniformity alone.

[Purple State]

Apologies folks. Aye - for uniformity alone.

To both? or just the 3rd Amendment?

Look above for the 2nd Amendment.

[afleitch]

Apologies folks. Aye - for uniformity alone.

To both? or just the 3rd Amendment?

Look above for the 2nd Amendment.

Aye on the 2nd Amendment. It's unusual to have more than one bill on the floor (Not to say that's a bad thing ) so I didn't scroll up.

[Purple State]

No worries.

The Second Amendment passes by a unanimous vote of 2 Ayes. The Third Amendment passes by a vote of 2 Aye, 1 Nay. I request that the Governor bring these to a vote of the people on the next available Thursday.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No worries.

The Second Amendment passes by a unanimous vote of 2 Ayes. The Third Amendment passes by a vote of 2 Aye, 1 Nay. I request that the Governor bring these to a vote of the people on the next available Thursday.

So shall it be written, so shall it be done.

[Franzl]

Members of the Assembly:

While the "Help Atlasia Study Act of 2009" is not quite law, yet, I'd urge the assembly to consider how the Mideast will use that money and to come up with a good plan on how to distribute it.

Thanks!