Election Certification Clarity Act (Tabled)

[Senator Cris]

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Sponsor: Senator DKrol

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

No sooner than one week? Why?


Doesn't that open the door for tampering?


Also what about special elections?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I understand that caution is the better part of valor, but a week seems a bit excessive.

[Talleyrand]

You realize that for special elections, this would prevent the winner from taking office for at least a week after voting is complete?

I personally don't think a buffer period is really necessary; have we had any issues with this in the past?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I would be interested to hear the reasoning behind this proposal.

[Prince of Salem]

I would be interested to hear the reasoning behind this proposal.

[DKrol]

I was simply working off a proposal from the President. This is not a pet issue of mine, its not even one I care about. It's simply here for the President.

[Associate Justice PiT]

    The President talked about the rationale for this briefly in another thread. I understand the importance of it, but I do think we could do with a shorter timeline. I would like to propose an amendment to Section 1:

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[Senator Cris]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[DKrol]

I accept the amendment as friendly.

[Senator Cris]

The amendment has been adopted.

[Talleyrand]

If you guys pass this, please don't complain if the SoFE decides to wait until the last possible moment to certify an election. Still not sure what this is supposed to fix...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Look deep into your heart and ask yourself this, do you really want to give Talleyrand two weeks to dick around with the election results?

[Senator Cris]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I support Yankee's amendment, but I'm still hesitant to endorse the bill as a whole.

[Clark Kent]

I support Yankee's amendment, but I'm still hesitant to endorse the bill as a whole.

[Prince of Salem]

I support Yankee's amendment, but I'm still hesitant to endorse the bill as a whole.

[Senator Cris]

The amendment has been adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am hessitant as well, but at least with this it is somewhat not as bad.


Is there a number of days that could assuage the concerns you guys have?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I offer the following amendment:

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This is pretty much the only version of this proposal that I would be willing to vote for.

[Senator Cris]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

2.2: I like it, but I am concerned it is an invitation for trolling with faux lawsuits delaying results.

I will not object though, as it is the best iteration of this bill so far.

[pikachu]

I think this amendment is a significant improvement over the original bill, which I would not have supported.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

2.2: I like it, but I am concerned it is an invitation for trolling with faux lawsuits delaying results.

I will not object though, as it is the best iteration of this bill so far.

Good point. Perhaps we could add a subsection (d) along the lines of "or (d) the Secretary shall demonstrate the compliance of the Contested aspect of the Preliminary Count with all applicable Laws and Regulations" ?