Federal Activity Requirements Statute

[DanielX]

Aye, Aye

[jokerman]

Abstain, Abstain, for the record.

[Sam Spade]

I would like to motion to bring this thing to a vote.

[Colin]

I would like to motion to bring this thing to a vote.

Second that motion.

[Gabu]

The final version of this statute is as follows:

Federal Activity Requirements Statute

The Senate notes that:

1. The present activity requirement requires 25 posts between elections in order for a voter to be defined as active, without specifying whether such requirements apply for general elections only, or includes special elections.

2. That special elections can occur as soon as one week after a general election, thus potentially disenfranchising many legitimate voters.

Clauses:

1. All those persons who have posted at least 25 times in the 8 weeks (56 days) prior to the commencement of an election shall be defined as active for the purposes of that election.

2. Those persons considered inactive (defined as not active) shall not be qualified to vote in a particular election.

3. Section 5 of the Election Procedures, Certification and Challenges Act is repealed

4. The Amendment to the Statute of Election Procedures, Certification, and Challenges Act is repealed.

5.  Anyone who has cast an absentee ballot shall be regarded as an active voter provided he or she fulfills the definition, by the time the election commences for which the ballot was cast, of an "active voter"; however, the post containing the ballot shall not count towards the total number of required posts.

6.  This legislation shall take effect immediately upon its passage into law.

I hereby open voting on this statute.

All senators in favor, vote "aye"; all against, vote "nay".

[Sam Spade]

Aye.

[Colin]

Aye

[King]

Strong Aye.

[Gabu]

Aye.

[12th Doctor]

Aye

[MasterJedi]

Aye

[jokerman]

Aye

[Gabu]

This statute now has enough votes to pass; senators now have 24 hours to change their vote.

[MAS117]

Aye

[Sam Spade]

This legislation has passed.  Good.

[Gabu]

Why does the 24 hours always seem to expire when I'm not here?

With eight votes in favor to none against, this statute has passed.

I hereby present it to the president for his signature.

[DanielX]

For the record, nay.

[Colin]

For the record, nay.

Might I ask why?

[MasterJedi]

For the record, nay.

Might I ask why?

Maybe it's because a lot of people in the Midwest aren't that active?

[Gabu]

For the record, nay.

Might I ask why?

Maybe it's because a lot of people in the Midwest aren't that active?

Yeah, but as far as I can tell, this statute just fixes the loophole of requiring people to post 25 times in a week in the case of a special election occurring right after a full election.  It doesn't introduce any new activity requirements.

[Sam Spade]

Since it's been 24 hours since this one passed, can we get a new piece of legislation going?