I would like to reiterate my opinion that holding elections is overly time consuming and that, with all due respect to Cris' amendment, the complexity of the selection method bodes ill for the convention's prospect-- it is precisely what we seek to avoid. The "partisan designation" element in particular seems particularly convoluted. I again humbly suggest this idea for the Senate's consideration:
Voting on delegates would simply bog things down. Have the Senate select 10 delegates and the regions select 2 each, with a President of the Convention serving as a tie-breaker. It'd verge on the absurd if we let the organisation of the convention drag on for nearly as long as it took us just to get to this point.
What's needed is radical reform: dissolution of the present legislature, the election of a two-month, caretaker administration, a complete legislative reset, and a completely new and streamlined constitution at the minimum providing for regional consolidation, strong game simulation, and a focus on legislative flexibility and efficiency. Chuck everything out the window and start over-- no mucking about.
