Pacific Council: Ratification of the Deregistration Amendment (Failed in Pac)

[Talleyrand]

This doesn't complicate deregistration at all. In fact, it de-complicates it by automatically removing a voter from the rolls after they miss three consecutive elections, which seems perfectly reasonable to me.

If a citizen is too inactive to vote, they won't vote in a referendum. A referendum is a federal election, where every voter in Atlasia is eligible to vote. Normally, if you fail to show up three times in a row, it's a sign you're disinterested in voting and should be removed from the rolls. Plus, if you change your mind and decide you want to stay involved after all, you can go ahead and re-register. Simple as that.

[Talleyrand]

While I understand why you believe the method proposed might be inconsistent, I think if a person misses three consecutive elections, it's generally a clear indication they do not wish to participate in the game anymore. For example, we used to have 192 citizens, but only about 120 voting in each election. In the most recent election, we had about the same number of voters, but with Homely's double de-registration (the referendum+the federal election), the number of citizens dropped to a much more sustainable and realistic 146 or so, effectively eliminating the majority of inactive voters. Why keep people on the rolls for months and months if it's evident they do not have interest far earlier?