Dirty South Voting Booth: September Initiatives Election

[Daniel Adams]

Voting begins now. The booth will stay open for 72 hours.

Please indicate your choice by placing an X in the desired box.

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
All banks operating in the Dirty South shall be required to have 100% reserves for all demand deposits by September 2010.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
Section 1: All personal income taxes in the Dirty South are repealed.
Section 2: All corporate income taxes in the Dirty South are repealed.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
Section 1: Regional roads in the Dirty South shall be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Section 2: All money collected from roads sold shall be refuned to taxpayers.
Section 3: Taxes for road maintenance and construction shall be lowered in proportioned with the percent of roads sold.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
Article I, Section 9 is amended to read:

9. Should the Governor vacate his office for any reason, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor and may serve out the remainder of the Governor's term. If the Lieutenant Governor should for any reason vacate his position, a special election shall be immediately held to fill the seat for the remainder of the term. If the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor vacate their positions at the same time, a special election shall be held to fill both positions for the remainder of the term. The Speaker of the Assembly shall assume the duties of Governor on a provisional basis until a citizen of the region is elected to hold the position for the remainder of the term.

Inserted after Article I:

Article II: Regional Legislative Authority
1. The legislative power of the Southeast shall be vested in the Southeast Regional Legislature.
2. The Regional Legislature shall be composed of three members, each of whom shall be registered citizens residing in the Southeast Region.
3. The Regional Legislature shall have the power to choose its own officers, including a Speaker, and judge the qualifications of its members.
4. Elections to the Regional Legislature shall take place on the second to last weekend of January, March, May, July, September, and November.
5. The method of election shall be approval voting.
6. In the event that more candidates are elected than there are seats to be filled, a runoff election shall be held the following weekend between all elected candidates with the fewest preferences.
7. In the runoff election, voters will only be allowed to preference one candidate.
8. If after the runoff election there is still more elected candidates than there are seats to be filled, then from among those elected candidates who are tied for the fewest preferences the winner(s) shall be determined by a game of chance agreed upon by all those candidates affected.
9. Vacancies in the Regional Legislature shall be filled in a manner specified by Law, and until such determination is made, by Gubernatorial appointment.

Article III: Legislation
1. All ordinary legislation shall first be considered in the Regional Legislature.
2. Legislation shall be considered by the Regional Legislature upon petition of any Regional Legislature member, the Governor, or two Southeast citizens.
3. Should the Regional Legislature pass ordinary legislation by a majority vote, then the Governor may sign such legislation into Law, or veto such legislation. A veto may be overturned upon the unanimous vote of the Regional Legislature.
4. The Governor shall have seven days to sign or veto ordinary legislation passed by the Regional Legislature. After seven days, legislation which the Governor has not signed or vetoed shall be considered as Law.
5. Should the Regional Legislature pass legislation that subsequently enters law, whether sign by the governor or via a veto override, and a group of 3 or more citizens publicly protest the measure in either the Southeast Regional Legislature or a separate thread, a public referendum shall be held on that legislation. All public referenda shall come to a vote in accordance with Article IV, Section 1 of this Constitution.

All subsequent articles shall be renumbered accordingly.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
Section 1: All money given to the Dirty South in the 2009 Atlasian Recovery & Relief Act shall be burned in a public ceromony.
Section 2: Tickets shall be sold for seats at the event, which will be used to raise money for the Dirty South while still maintaining a low tax burden.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
The following shall be added to Article II of the Southeast Constitution:

3) Any initiative that fails in an Initiative election shall not be allowed on the ballot again without significant revision for the next two monthly Initiative elections. Also, no such initiative shall qualify for emergency Initiative election. In the event that there is contention as to whether revisions are significant or there is believed to be a compelling reason for an exception, citizens may make an appeal to the Magistrate to decide whether or not to let a failed initiative on the ballot.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
1.) The Southeast region shall henceforth recognize "Dirty South" as an accepted name for the region in all official and unofficial business
2.) The name "Southeast" will continue to be permissible
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
The Southeastern Region shall invest in the construction of a Dark Tower to be used as the official location of the supreme judicial authority of the region, the Judicial Overlord.

I. The Dark Tower shall be located in Atlanta, Georgia.
II. The Dark Tower shall be built to be no less than 500 meters high, with no less than 100 floors above ground level.
III. The ground floor shall be an impressive and foreboding grand entrance hall.
IV. The top floor shall include a grand courtroom, complete with a throne fitting for an evil Judicial Overlord, and private quarters for the Judicial Overlord to deliberate and reside in.
V. At least ten other floors must be dedicated to judicial functions of the region, including but not limited to court rooms for lower level courts, offices for judges, prosecutors, administrators, and court appointed defense attorneys.
VI. All remaining floors will be leased out by the regional government.
VII. Possible designs for the Dark Tower will be created by a panel of architects, engineers, and megalomaniacs. The reigning Judicial Overlord shall pick the design that shall be built.
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[DownWithTheLeft]

End to Fractional Banking: Aye
End to Income Tax: Aye
Road Management Act: Nay
Regional Legislature: AYE
Two Birds: AYE
Nay Means Nay: Nay
Two Names: Aye
Dark Tower: Abstain

[Daniel Adams]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[X] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[Andy Jackson]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[X] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[X] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[X] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[Kuu ülevaade olulisematest]

Nay
Nay
Nay
Nay
Nay
Yea
Nay
Yea

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

End to Fractional Banking: Nay
End to Income Tax: Aye
Road Management Act: Aye
Regional Legislature: Aye
Two Birds: Aye
Nay Means Nay: Nay
Two Names: Aye
Dark Tower: Nay

[Devilman88]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[  ] Aye

• Nay

[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act

• Aye

[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[  ] Aye

• Nay

[  ] Abstain

[Clay]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[Bacon King]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[Senator North Carolina Yankee]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
All banks operating in the Dirty South shall be required to have 100% reserves for all demand deposits by September 2010.
[  ] Aye
[ X ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
Section 1: All personal income taxes in the Dirty South are repealed.
Section 2: All corporate income taxes in the Dirty South are repealed.
[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
Section 1: Regional roads in the Dirty South shall be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Section 2: All money collected from roads sold shall be refuned to taxpayers.
Section 3: Taxes for road maintenance and construction shall be lowered in proportioned with the percent of roads sold.
[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
Article I, Section 9 is amended to read:

9. Should the Governor vacate his office for any reason, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor and may serve out the remainder of the Governor's term. If the Lieutenant Governor should for any reason vacate his position, a special election shall be immediately held to fill the seat for the remainder of the term. If the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor vacate their positions at the same time, a special election shall be held to fill both positions for the remainder of the term. The Speaker of the Assembly shall assume the duties of Governor on a provisional basis until a citizen of the region is elected to hold the position for the remainder of the term.

Inserted after Article I:

Article II: Regional Legislative Authority
1. The legislative power of the Southeast shall be vested in the Southeast Regional Legislature.
2. The Regional Legislature shall be composed of three members, each of whom shall be registered citizens residing in the Southeast Region.
3. The Regional Legislature shall have the power to choose its own officers, including a Speaker, and judge the qualifications of its members.
4. Elections to the Regional Legislature shall take place on the second to last weekend of January, March, May, July, September, and November.
5. The method of election shall be approval voting.
6. In the event that more candidates are elected than there are seats to be filled, a runoff election shall be held the following weekend between all elected candidates with the fewest preferences.
7. In the runoff election, voters will only be allowed to preference one candidate.
8. If after the runoff election there is still more elected candidates than there are seats to be filled, then from among those elected candidates who are tied for the fewest preferences the winner(s) shall be determined by a game of chance agreed upon by all those candidates affected.
9. Vacancies in the Regional Legislature shall be filled in a manner specified by Law, and until such determination is made, by Gubernatorial appointment.

Article III: Legislation
1. All ordinary legislation shall first be considered in the Regional Legislature.
2. Legislation shall be considered by the Regional Legislature upon petition of any Regional Legislature member, the Governor, or two Southeast citizens.
3. Should the Regional Legislature pass ordinary legislation by a majority vote, then the Governor may sign such legislation into Law, or veto such legislation. A veto may be overturned upon the unanimous vote of the Regional Legislature.
4. The Governor shall have seven days to sign or veto ordinary legislation passed by the Regional Legislature. After seven days, legislation which the Governor has not signed or vetoed shall be considered as Law.
5. Should the Regional Legislature pass legislation that subsequently enters law, whether sign by the governor or via a veto override, and a group of 3 or more citizens publicly protest the measure in either the Southeast Regional Legislature or a separate thread, a public referendum shall be held on that legislation. All public referenda shall come to a vote in accordance with Article IV, Section 1 of this Constitution.

All subsequent articles shall be renumbered accordingly.
[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
Section 1: All money given to the Dirty South in the 2009 Atlasian Recovery & Relief Act shall be burned in a public ceromony.
Section 2: Tickets shall be sold for seats at the event, which will be used to raise money for the Dirty South while still maintaining a low tax burden.
[  ] Aye
[ X ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
The following shall be added to Article II of the Southeast Constitution:

3) Any initiative that fails in an Initiative election shall not be allowed on the ballot again without significant revision for the next two monthly Initiative elections. Also, no such initiative shall qualify for emergency Initiative election. In the event that there is contention as to whether revisions are significant or there is believed to be a compelling reason for an exception, citizens may make an appeal to the Magistrate to decide whether or not to let a failed initiative on the ballot.
[  ] Aye
[ X ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
1.) The Southeast region shall henceforth recognize "Dirty South" as an accepted name for the region in all official and unofficial business
2.) The name "Southeast" will continue to be permissible
[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
The Southeastern Region shall invest in the construction of a Dark Tower to be used as the official location of the supreme judicial authority of the region, the Judicial Overlord.

I. The Dark Tower shall be located in Atlanta, Georgia.
II. The Dark Tower shall be built to be no less than 500 meters high, with no less than 100 floors above ground level.
III. The ground floor shall be an impressive and foreboding grand entrance hall.
IV. The top floor shall include a grand courtroom, complete with a throne fitting for an evil Judicial Overlord, and private quarters for the Judicial Overlord to deliberate and reside in.
V. At least ten other floors must be dedicated to judicial functions of the region, including but not limited to court rooms for lower level courts, offices for judges, prosecutors, administrators, and court appointed defense attorneys.
VI. All remaining floors will be leased out by the regional government.
VII. Possible designs for the Dark Tower will be created by a panel of architects, engineers, and megalomaniacs. The reigning Judicial Overlord shall pick the design that shall be built.
[  ] Aye
[ X ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[jokerman]

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

End to Income Taxation Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Road Management Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Regional Legislature Amendment
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Nay Means Nay Amendment
[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

Two Names are Better than One Act
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

The Dark Tower Initiative
[  ] Aye
[X] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[IDS Judicial Overlord John Dibble]

End to Fractional Banking: Nay
End to Income Tax: Nay
Road Management Act: Nay
Regional Legislature: Nay
Two Birds: Nay
Nay Means Nay: Aye
Two Names: Nay
Dark Tower: Aye

[VP Duke]

End to Fractional Banking: Nay
End to Income Tax: Nay
Road Management Act: Nay
Regional Legislature: Aye
Two Birds: Nay
Nay Means Nay: Aye
Two Names: Aye
Dark Tower: Nay

[Daniel Adams]

AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH JUDICIAL OVERLORD JOHN DIBBLE'S DECISION IN BIGGZCOREY V. SOUTHEAST.

End to Fractional Reserve Banking Act
Aye: 4
Nay: 7
Abstain: 1
FAILS

End to Income Taxation Act
Aye: 7
Nay: 5
Abstain: 0
PASSES

Road Management Act
Aye: 4
Nay: 8
Abstain: 0
FAILS

Regional Legislature Amendment
Aye: 8
Nay: 5
Abstain: 0
FAILS

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Act
Aye: 4
Nay: 7
Abstain: 1
FAILS

Nay Means Nay Amendment
Aye: 8
Nay: 4
Abstain: 1
PASSES

Two Names are Better than One Act
Aye: 7
Nay: 4
Abstain: 1
PASSES

The Dark Tower Initiative
Aye: 4
Nay: 7
Abstain: 1
FAILS