Running Mates

[minionofmidas]

I've noticed a lot of confusion over election law during the last presidential election. Including among SoFA Earl and DSoFA Inks.

We vote for tickets here. Not individuals. Tickets declare to run for election, too. Not individuals.

now... thing I've been thinking about...
rather than get SoFAs to obey the law again... how about we change the law? Hold a vote for President and a vote for Vice President? Isn't that friendlier to the voter, too?

The issue was discussed once before in Atlasia, years ago. Then it went away as completely as the secret ballot idea.
If I wrote up a Constitutional Amendment to elect President and Vice President separately in the future, is there a chance it would pass?

[DownWithTheLeft]

I'd be a vote against it.  For example, running mates increase partisanship, something we are dearly lacking.  The reason the RPP went so strongly for Jesus is because we had Meeker on the ticket.  Phil owes his win to having a JCPer on the ticket as well.  I've actually introduced a intitiative in my region to make governor and lt. gov run together.  If there's something we need its more people on tickets, not less.

[Јas]

I'd like to tentatively throw in the suggestion of maybe giving some consideration to whether we need a Vice President at all.

[Јas]

I'd be a vote against it.  For example, running mates increase partisanship, something we are dearly lacking.  The reason the RPP went so strongly for Jesus is because we had Meeker on the ticket.  Phil owes his win to having a JCPer on the ticket as well. 

This, I believe, is the first argument made that the recent one ticket election and the Phil Presidency were actually good for Atlasia.

[DownWithTheLeft]

I'd be a vote against it.  For example, running mates increase partisanship, something we are dearly lacking.  The reason the RPP went so strongly for Jesus is because we had Meeker on the ticket.  Phil owes his win to having a JCPer on the ticket as well. 

This, I believe, is the first argument made that the recent one ticket election and the Phil Presidency were actually good for Atlasia.

Phil's election was certainly exciting, and certainly can be attributed heavily to his running mate.  The last election would have been equally exciting had Mr. Moderate stayed in the race, Jesus most likely would have won but by a much smaller margin, most likely 5-10 votes

[minionofmidas]

BUMP!

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Article_II_of_the_Second_Constitution

Can someone weigh in on whether splitting the Vice President's election off from the President's even requires a constitutional amendment!?

Maybe all we have to do is amend CESRA.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I've actually thought about this a lot lately.

[minionofmidas]

That is a bad idea. cause who the president picks reflect him. Also If we get to choose the running mate then those two might not have the best relationship.

They haven't had that during Ebowed's last two VP terms either.