The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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Good evening, everyone.

Now that Svennson has been sworn in, the first order of business should be to elect a new speaker.

I'm not going to pick sides, but we need to select someone as speaker quickly so in case of my absence we have a presiding officer. This needs to be completed before the legislature can resume considering bills.

You have 72 hours from the time this comment is posted to complete this process.

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And since no one else put their name forward, Yelnoc is speaker by default.

X Lt. Governor KS21

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Debate on the FEAA can now begin.

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Because neither Svenssen nor Deldem has voiced an opinion I will debate open for another 24 hours.  The vote on this bill will take place at roughly this time tomorrow.

This is not your job. Debate will end roughly Saturday night, and a 24 hour vote will follow. I am still here. Your job is to debate. My job is scheduling votes.

You take care of your job, I'll take care of mine.

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     The last Lord of Darkness didn't do anything, so I took it upon myself as Imperial Speaker to discharge his duties. Sorry for the confusion over that.

Sorry. Everyone is probably used to not having a Lt. Governor, so I understand the confusion.

But I would like to clarify, that unlike my predecesor, I have every intention of doing the job I was appointed to do.

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Because neither Svenssen nor Deldem has voiced an opinion I will debate open for another 24 hours.  The vote on this bill will take place at roughly this time tomorrow.

This is not your job. Debate will end roughly Saturday night, and a 24 hour vote will follow. I am still here. Your job is to debate. My job is scheduling votes.

You take care of your job, I'll take care of mine.

My bad.  I joined when PiT was speaker.

I understand. I've learned that the SE hasn't had a functioning Lt. Governor in quite a while.

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Since we have not had any debate in about 24 hours now, debate is now closed. We now need to hold a vote on the bill. Vote either Aye or Nay.

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A quorum is two people, right?  What happens if we don't get a quorum to vote?

Yes, a quorum is two people.

We can't move forward until we have a quorum, so if they don't vote, we have total gridlock until we get one of the two to vote.

If DelDem and Svennson do not vote within 24 hours of the time I opened the bill up for a vote, they're going to get a personal message from me telling them to do their duties as legislators.

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Aye.

(P.S. Sorry for the inactivity, I've been extremely busy )

That's okay. The important thing is that you were able to be here to vote

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Well, with all three members having voted, the FEAA has passed.

We are ready to move on with other business.

Anyone have a bill to propose?

EDIT: I see Yelnoc has a new bill. We can now begin discussion/debate of the Unborn Child Protection Act.

2nd EDIT: Debate will last end on Tuesday evening (Somewhere in between 3 P.M. and 8 P.M. Central)

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Okay, debate is over. We're going to vote first on the amendment, then on the original bill in the same post to save time. Vote in the following form or a form similar-

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Unborn Child Act (Sections 1-4)

*Aye or Nay*

Unborn Child Act (Section 5(Svennson's amendment))

*Aye or Nay*

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Well, whether DelDem votes or not, the bill and the supplementary amendment have passed, so voting will close later this afternoon, around 6 CDT.

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I'm going to end the vote now. Its passed either way. Now, we need the Emperor to sign the bill...

The Unborn Child Protection Act has passed.

X Lieutenant Governor KS21

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     Since it seems that the Lt. Governor did not attain office through the proper channels, I would like the Imperial Speaker to declare the bill passed. Nothing against you, KS21.
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I understand.

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Does anyone have any bills to propose?

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I see Yelnoc has introduced a bill in the Leg. intro thread.

Debate can now begin on this bill.

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Well, let's now end debate. Yelnoc has 24 hours from this time exactly before this will go to a vote. If he decides to withdraw it in the mean time, we can move on with other business (if anyone has anything else to propose)

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If anyone has a bill, go ahead and post it in the Leg. Intro thred and we can get to work on it.

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Once everyone swears in we can start working. I'm ready to start any time.

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Anyone have a bill?

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Miles has a bill on election regulations (The one that invalidated my vote) that he said he was going to post into the leg intro thread. I'll see where he is on that...

But, don't get too excited yet, Miles is driving 12 hours to Charlotte from Baton Rouge today, so if you have a bill, Yelnoc, go ahead and propose it.

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Don't know.

So I guess we wait 'til Miles gets to Charlotte?

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     Passing a bill on the issue would do nothing. It would require a Constitutional Amendment.

S**t.

How could we get a constitutional amendment, then?

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So then what is the process for passing an amendment?

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I'll forward it over to you, Emperor.