Census Bureau of Atlasia: Homelycooking, Registrar General

[Governor Scott]

The parade of new citizens who do absolutely nothing in Atlasia besides register - but stay on the rolls for six months - continues. This is getting ridiculous and it makes me want to propose legislation that, if passed, would mandate the deregistration of those who miss their first election.

There's an idea...

I'll write it if you ram it through the Senate.

Deal.

[Senator Napoleon]

The parade of new citizens who do absolutely nothing in Atlasia besides register - but stay on the rolls for six months - continues. This is getting ridiculous and it makes me want to propose legislation that, if passed, would mandate the deregistration of those who miss their first election.

There's an idea...

A bad one. The honorable RG's comments are counterproductive.

[Senator Ben]

I'll fight to the death against such legislation.

[Governor Scott]

Why?  If they miss their first election they can re-register and vote, but there's no point in having all these people on the voter registry if they're not going to do anything.

[Senator Ben]

Why?

I think it's an unnecessary bill that's a violation of individual rights.

[Senator Napoleon]

Why?  If they miss their first election they can re-register and vote, but there's no point in having all these people on the voter registry if they're not going to do anything.

I am with Ben. This game would die if such legislation were to be made law.

[homelycooking]

I am with Ben. This game would die if such legislation were to be made law.

Governor, I contest that those who would most likely be affected by the legislation (EmersonAdams, LiberalJunkie, Rooney, Vosem...where are they?) are hardly the ones who are contributing to the political life of Atlasia.

[TJ in Wisco]

well Vosem did vote last time...

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

     It used to be that people who missed their first election were deregistered.

[Senator Napoleon]

I am with Ben. This game would die if such legislation were to be made law.

Governor, I contest that those who would most likely be affected by the legislation (EmersonAdams, LiberalJunkie, Rooney, Vosem...where are they?) are hardly the ones who are contributing to the political life of Atlasia.

They certainly aren't if we kick them off the voter rolls. Don't you think it is a tad irresponsible to make assumptions about these posters that just registered?

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

Some people register and pay very little attention before something in the game catches their interest. I was like this when I registered, and if I remember correctly I missed at least one regional election in addition to several special elections before I decided to become involved in the game. The assumption that every new poster who fails to vote in his or her first election is misguided, and retaining the substantial minority of registrants who will later dive into the game is worth having a large number of inactive voters on the rolls.

[homelycooking]

They certainly aren't if we kick them off the voter rolls. Don't you think it is a tad irresponsible to make assumptions about these posters that just registered?

Even if they are removed from the voter rolls, they would be welcome to re-register at any time. As for the assumptions I have made about those citizens - well, I invite them to prove me wrong.

[Senator Napoleon]

They certainly aren't if we kick them off the voter rolls. Don't you think it is a tad irresponsible to make assumptions about these posters that just registered?

Even if they are removed from the voter rolls, they would be welcome to re-register at any time. As for the assumptions I have made about those citizens - well, I invite them to prove me wrong.

I invite you to give them a chance. No need for the negative attitude toward new posters. I don't understand it.

[Senator Napoleon]

I would argue the actual problem here is when people elect those have proven themselves to be not very active, or resign, or disappear without notice for extensive periods of time.

[homelycooking]

Napoleon from Northeast to Mideast
20RP12, sjoycefla, ilikeverin to ASRHF

Registration Statistics
June 21, 2012

Region	Liberal	Labor	Whig	Bloc	PLP	Other	Ind	Total
Northeast	10	6	3	0	4	10	11	44
Mideast	5	1	9	1	1	3	10	30
South	2	1	6	11	0	2	3	25
Midwest	4	9	0	0	1	4	5	23
Pacific	6	7	2	0	0	2	5	22
Total	27	24	20	12	6	21	34	144

[homelycooking]

The following 8 voters, having missed three consecutive federal elections, are deregistered:

Sam Spade
px75
Mquinn
Meeker
Nagas
Odysseus
RFK
Change08

[homelycooking]

Registration Statistics
June 25, 2012

Region	Liberal	Labor	Whig	Bloc	PLP	Other	Ind	Total
Northeast	9	6	3	0	4	10	10	42
Mideast	5	1	12	1	1	4	7	31
South	2	1	7	12	0	0	3	25
Midwest	4	9	0	0	1	4	4	22
Pacific	5	7	2	0	0	2	4	20
Total	25	24	24	13	6	20	28	140

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

So we've got three equally-sized, ideologically mixed major parties now. This is going to lead to some interesting parliamentary squabbling. Maybe we could change to a parliamentary system...

[Simfan34]

Three party system!

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

If we had a parliament, we could have endless Lib-Lab coalitions for left-wing dominance!

[Prez Duke]

So we've got three equally-sized, ideologically mixed major parties now. This is going to lead to some interesting parliamentary squabbling. Maybe we could change to a parliamentary system...

That's not what The People want.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

So we've got three equally-sized, ideologically mixed major parties now. This is going to lead to some interesting parliamentary squabbling. Maybe we could change to a parliamentary system...

That's not what The People want.

The People being?

[Simfan34]

So we've got three equally-sized, ideologically mixed major parties now. This is going to lead to some interesting parliamentary squabbling. Maybe we could change to a parliamentary system...

That's not what The People want.

The People being?

We must go ask The People, and see what he thinks.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

In that case, I think we shouldn't bother with a parliamentary system.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

So we've got three equally-sized, ideologically mixed major parties now. This is going to lead to some interesting parliamentary squabbling. Maybe we could change to a parliamentary system...

That's not what The People want.

The People being?

We must go ask The People, and see what he thinks.

So The People is one man? Are you sure it's not the voices in your head?

And I agree with Hagrid.