SB 2016-058 - The Indigenous People's Day Act (Debating)

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I support this bill. The way our educational system has relegated indigenous peoples to the back burner of history simply because Europeans triumphed in massacring them is wretched. I believe we owe it to the native folks of this land to honor their memories and historical contributions.

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Indeed, I prefer getting rid of the holiday completely and making Election day(s) a federal holiday instead.

I would support this.

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     Does anyone have anything else to say about this? If not, I think I will draft an amendment along the lines I suggested.

I would like to see a proposal similar to what the President proposed. I could draft an amendment in that vein.

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     Does anyone have anything else to say about this? If not, I think I will draft an amendment along the lines I suggested.

I would like to see a proposal similar to what the President proposed. I could draft an amendment in that vein.

     No October holiday and Election Day as a holiday instead? I could get behind that as an amendment.

Sure. I'll try drafting something up tonight, but I'm pretty busy for most of the day. It'll definitely get done by tomorrow, though.

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     Does anyone have anything else to say about this? If not, I think I will draft an amendment along the lines I suggested.

I would like to see a proposal similar to what the President proposed. I could draft an amendment in that vein.

     No October holiday and Election Day as a holiday instead? I could get behind that as an amendment.

Sure. I'll try drafting something up tonight, but I'm pretty busy for most of the day. It'll definitely get done by tomorrow, though.

Shouldn't that be a separate bill then? That would make a lot more sense...

Either one works for me.

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An amendment:

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Willing to take suggestions and/or resubmit this as a separate bill.

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Citizens are hereby granted the right to miss up to 4 (four) hours of a work day in order to vote.

Are we letting NPCs vote

Or is this a permission slip to give to our real-life bosses?

Both!

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What do we mean by "all dates where federal elections are held?"  Does that include special elections and runoffs like Louisiana has for its congressional elections?  If so, how would that work?  It wouldn't make sense to have a federal holiday for an election that's only happening in one state or one region.

Edit: Just realized I should be talking in Atlasian terms, ugh.  lol.  But point still stands regarding special elections and runoffs.  And do Senate elections count?  We could end up with a lot of holidays.

I suppose we could specify that the holidays would only apply for when the Federal election booth would be open, which is usually for Presidential elections.

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I will. Here is said amendment:

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Aye