SENATE BILL: The Absentee Voting Amendment (At final vote)
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« on: July 02, 2013, 10:18:16 AM »
« edited: July 03, 2013, 09:10:09 PM by VP Duke »
Quote from: Senator MaxQue on July 02, 2013, 12:15:16 AM
Fix Early Voting Amendment

Article V, Section 2, Clause 7 of the Third Constitution is amended as follows:

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Section 1, Clause 1 of F.L. 32-8: The Absentee Voting Act is amended as follows:

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Section 1, Clause 2 of F.L. 32-8: The Absentee Voting Act is amended as follows:

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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 11:34:56 AM »
Invoke UC?
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 04:31:44 PM »
I would like to thanks the President and the Vice-President for the choice to fast-track this and the SoFE for supporting the idea.

To make Yankee happy, I suppose I have to write some justification.

Right now, absentee voting is permitted between the filling deadline and the beginning of the election. As the deadline was an issue, the Senate reduced the filling deadline for Senate elections from 1 week to 1 day. That fix is a good thing and it should be kept, but it's causing problems with absentee voting.

Right now, the process is:
-7: Absentee vote for President opens
-1: Absentee vote for Senate opens

So, you only have one day to apply for Senate absentee voting, be granted the permission to vote by the SoFE and vote. It's also very wierd than you can for President, but not for the Senate. There is no practical reason for that. It's causing issues (possibly: people voting for President but not Senate, people voting for Senate on their absentee ballot even if they can't, people voting absentee for President and normal for Senate, which voids the presidential ballot (like it happened to a voter this time).

I suppose than I agree with Napoleon, than unanimous consent may be useful. I haven't heard of any opposition to this.
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 06:28:06 PM »
I ask unanimous consent to waive the minimum debate time and cloture requirements to proceed immediately to a final vote. Senators have 24 hours to object.


Wouldn't this mean people could be voting before all the candidates have declared potentially?
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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2013, 08:40:10 PM »
Quote from: Senator North Carolina Yankee on July 02, 2013, 06:28:06 PM
Wouldn't this mean people could be voting before all the candidates have declared potentially?

Yes, but they can use write-ins. It's the downside of using an absentee, through. But as I don't think than moving back the filling deadline is acceptable, that's the only solution.

What the SoFE said:

Quote from: homelycooking on June 26, 2013, 05:03:10 PM
Yes. Absentee ballots for any race in any election should be made available one week ahead of time so that I can accept absentee write-in votes for candidates who will later be placed on the ballot.
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2013, 06:22:20 PM »
Doesn't seem very controversial. I'll support it.
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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2013, 07:29:39 PM »
Hearing no objections, the rules are suspended and motion for final passage is thus laid upon the table, the President of the Senate may proceed with a vote on final passage.
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2013, 09:04:51 PM »
This bill is up for a final vote.

Please vote aye, nay or abstain!
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2013, 09:09:41 PM »
Aye suppose so
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2013, 09:10:43 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2013, 09:48:52 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2013, 11:23:05 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2013, 07:53:04 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2013, 02:32:12 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2013, 07:05:22 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2013, 07:19:04 AM »
This bill has enough votes to pass. Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.
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« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2013, 10:12:56 AM »
Quote from: Ѕenator Αverroës on July 05, 2013, 07:27:13 AM
Aye... (probably my last ever Senate vote)

Lol i remember when I cast my last ever Senate vote!
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« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2013, 10:16:24 AM »
AYe
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« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2013, 01:07:28 PM »
Aye.
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« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2013, 01:10:25 PM »
Duke, you don't give an objection period on unanimous votes. Tongue
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« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2013, 01:50:20 PM »
This one's mine? At 10-0 and at 72+ hours it has been passed by the Senate.
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« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2013, 02:05:11 PM »
Quote from: Senator North Carolina Yankee on July 05, 2013, 01:10:25 PM
Duke, you don't give an objection period on unanimous votes. Tongue

Not my problem anymore. Wink
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« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2013, 02:25:10 PM »
Quote from: DemPGH, V.P. on July 05, 2013, 01:50:20 PM
This one's mine? At 10-0 and at 72+ hours it has been passed by the Senate.

Actaully you could pass it at 10-0 after 30 minutes. That "Say three days in and it is 7-0" in the PM was just an example to explain the vote change period.
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« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2013, 02:32:03 PM »
NO NO N O NO

You have to send it othe Regions.
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« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2013, 02:39:26 PM »
Lets also check those numbers just to be sure. And also because I miss watching C-Span (five years of sadness and counting Sad)

Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Absentee Voting Amendment and other purposes (love that):

Senators Voting in the Affirmative (9)
Αverroës Nix/Scott
Ben
Gass3268
HagridoftheDeep
Kalwejt
MaxQue
Napoleon
NC Yankee
sbane

Senators Voting in the Negative (0):

Senators Not Voting (1):
Snowstalker/TNF
TJ (neglected to alter predecessor's vote)

You double counted the vote of the Northeast Regional Senator, at the expense of the Midwest.
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