New Bill Introduced in the Senate...

[MAS117]

This bill has been introduced in the 7th Senate...

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Candidacy Declaration Bill[/u]

Primary Sponsor:[/b] Senator MAS117
Co-Sponsor:[/b] Senator Sam Spade

The Senate notes that:

1. Under Article I, Section 4, Clause 6 and Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution the Senate is delegated the power to determine procedures for declaration of candidacy in federal elections.

2. In the interim, Article VIII, Section 2, Clause 3 sets the Candidacy Declaration period at 7 days for Scheduled elections and 2 days for Regular elections.

Clauses:

1. All declarations of candidacy must be submitted to a thread established by the Secretary of Forum Affairs for this purpose in the (Voting Booth ?). This thread shall be linked from the Atlas Forum Headquarters and Government Headquarters threads.

2. The Secretary of Forum Affairs shall post in the thread when the candidacy declaration period for a particular election shall have expired.

3. All declarations must list the office being sought and the party label being used by the candidate. Such declarations of candidacy may be withdrawn or amended up to the end of the candidacy declaration period, and the declaration of withdrawl of a candidacy must be done in the same thread that the candidate declared in.

4. For all declarations of candidacy to the Senate, the candidate must be resident in the relevant District or Region at the time of candidacy declaration, else the declaration shall not be valid.

[Joe Republic]

It's stuff like this that made Hughento quit, and will most likely scare new people away.

[KEmperor]

This seems unnecessary.

[MasterJedi]

Yes it is unnecessary.

[PBrunsel]

A thread for declaring candidacy?

How can I have my big star spangled, brass band, apple pie, and firewroks bananzas at West Branch,Iowa, every time I enter a race if I must have them in a thread?

[The Dowager Mod]

more uneeded red tape

[bgwah]

Thanks for reminding me why you're an idiot, MAS117.

[Gabu]

Personally, I think that this is entirely unnecessary.  When I posted my candidacy originally for my Senate seat, I just made a topic that basically just said "hi I am running".  I'm against federal standardization unless that standardization is shown to be needed.  There's no reason to make hoops for people to jump through just for the sake of having them there.

[J. J.]

What about the potential for write-in votes.

[King]

This will be my big fillibuster in the Senate, even if it fails. 

[George W. Hobbes]

Meaningless overregulation of a forum nation...wish you luck with your filibuster Senator King.

[King]

wish you luck with your filibuster Senator King.

Since we have no procedure laws on filibustering, nothing will stop me! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Sam Spade]

wish you luck with your filibuster Senator King.

Since we have no procedure laws on filibustering, nothing will stop me! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Just wait until you read through the Official Senate Procedural Resolution. 

There are filibustering rules, they just aren't that strong yet.

[Bono]

Yea, I was bad.

[MAS117]

It helps to prevent page 14 declarations, thats all. It just makes things more organized, and it makes less work for the SoFA. I don't see why everyone is opposing this. It also would be a link in both both the Forum HQ and the Government thread, so new incoming voters can see who is running where, this bill does nothing else, and I urge all Senators to vote in the affirmative.

[King]

Just wait until you read through the Official Senate Procedural Resolution. 

I'm probably going to filibuster that for a week or so and then we can have a vote

[Gabu]

It helps to prevent page 14 declarations, thats all. It just makes things more organized, and it makes less work for the SoFA.

It makes less work for the SoFA, yes, but I personally would prefer a bit more work for the SoFA than regulations that could potentially scare away new people who are unaware of them.  I don't want the learning curve to be too steep for new people in Atlasia, and I feel that this would certainly contribute to making it steeper.

[King]

We need to get a SoFA before we even think about making his job easier!

[Colin]

This seems unnecessary.

I agree.