Porcupine Polling: Mideast Election Procedure

[ZuWo]

The current system has turned out to be the best as it guarantees flexibility and competitiveness. We had numerous boring elections with the old system that gave us five seats permanently; since Atlasia is primarily a game centered around elections, this is the last thing we should want. Also, the citizens voted in favor of the current system not too long ago with an overwhelming majority, so there's no reason to change it again.

[ZuWo]

The current system has turned out to be the best as it guarantees flexibility and competitiveness. We had numerous boring elections with the old system that gave us five seats permanently; since Atlasia is primarily a game centered around elections, this is the last thing we should want. Also, the citizens voted in favor of the current system not too long ago with an overwhelming majority, so there's no reason to change it again.

Well, one reason right off the top of my head is that this session hasn't been too active due to time constraints of our Assemblyman. Is having a weekend with a competitive election worth potentially having an entire legislative session that is slow.

These time constraints would also have existed if the Assembly had had five members. In fact, this session is more productive than some of the previous sessions where the Assembly had five members. Activity really doesn't hinge on the number of Assemblymembers, which the "Statute" page on the wiki that I've updated recently shows very clearly. History has shown that the argument you are trying to make (i.e. fewer Assemblymembers means less activity) is not accurate.

[ZuWo]

The current system has turned out to be the best as it guarantees flexibility and competitiveness. We had numerous boring elections with the old system that gave us five seats permanently; since Atlasia is primarily a game centered around elections, this is the last thing we should want. Also, the citizens voted in favor of the current system not too long ago with an overwhelming majority, so there's no reason to change it again.

Well, one reason right off the top of my head is that this session hasn't been too active due to time constraints of our Assemblyman. Is having a weekend with a competitive election worth potentially having an entire legislative session that is slow.

These time constraints would also have existed if the Assembly had had five members. In fact, this session is more productive than some of the previous sessions where the Assembly had five members. Activity really doesn't hinge on the number of Assemblymembers, which the "Statute" page on the wiki that I've updated recently shows very clearly. History has shown that the argument you are trying to make (i.e. fewer Assemblymembers means less activity) is not accurate.

Right now, we have so many active members in our region, yet we have a small, 3-man legislature that hasn't accomplished a lot. It seems kind of silly to me - throw JCL, and, say, Oldiesfreak in there, and I guarentee, despite your claim, the Assembly would be more active.

You know that the next Assembly will have five members thanks to the current system, don't you?

If the old system (five members no matter how many candidates we have) had been in place, our Assembly would currently consist of 4 members and one vacancy because only 4 candidates wanted to run for a seat in May. That would have been an awfully boring election!

[ZuWo]

Maybe all we need to do to keep activity up is endlessly debate how many seats there should be

And I voted 5 Permanent.

I'd like to think I'm doing a service to the region by bringing this up again.

I'd also like to bring up - is it right to have 3 people (2 Assemblymen and the Governor) being able to completely control our regional government, especially considering our size and activity?

You should also look at the other side of the coin; an Assembly with only three members actually weakens the Governor's powers because it makes it a lot easier for the Assembly to get a bill passed against the will of the Governor - only two Assemblymembers need to support a bill and can easily override the veto of the Governor.