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FallenMorgan
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« on: May 28, 2010, 01:50:23 AM »
How about a bicameral national legislature?  The lower house would be elected by PR, while the upper house would consist of a member for each region, also elected.  The way I see it, a national legislature like that would make things more fun and competitive, with a larger number of members in a single house.  Of course, this may detract from regional legislatures, since it would probably detract from the potential pool of officeholders.
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FallenMorgan
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2010, 11:26:22 PM »
Quote from: Fez-bomb on May 29, 2010, 11:17:16 AM
Maybe we should create a competing nation and have kind of a South/North Korea thing going. Tongue

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FallenMorgan
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2010, 11:49:44 PM »
Maybe consolidate all the regions into a single state, with one legislature?
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FallenMorgan
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 12:49:42 AM »
Quote from: Senator Duke on June 02, 2010, 04:05:18 PM
Quote from: Governor Morgan Brykein on May 29, 2010, 11:49:44 PM
Maybe consolidate all the regions into a single state, with one legislature?

That's a terrible idea. If they want to polarize themselves, they'll do it, but I don't expect anyone to be in favor of that.

Barely anybody is running for the Northeast Assembly anymore, and I'm not sure if the same is true for other regions.  Having a single legislature would not only make it larger, in relation to the total pool of voters, but it would also increase the number of people running for the legislature, thus increasing competition.
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FallenMorgan
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 04:10:44 PM »
Quote from: SE Legislator PiT on June 03, 2010, 01:52:34 AM
Quote from: Governor Morgan Brykein on June 03, 2010, 12:49:42 AM
Quote from: Senator Duke on June 02, 2010, 04:05:18 PM
Quote from: Governor Morgan Brykein on May 29, 2010, 11:49:44 PM
Maybe consolidate all the regions into a single state, with one legislature?

That's a terrible idea. If they want to polarize themselves, they'll do it, but I don't expect anyone to be in favor of that.

Barely anybody is running for the Northeast Assembly anymore, and I'm not sure if the same is true for other regions.  Having a single legislature would not only make it larger, in relation to the total pool of voters, but it would also increase the number of people running for the legislature, thus increasing competition.

     That's sort of what people used to say in advocacy of eliminating regional Senate seats, IIRC. Not to say that that automatically disqualifies the notion or anything, but I never thought I'd hear you advocating radical centralism.

In a nation of millions, no.  In a nation of hundreds, yes.
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