Mideast Assembly Thread

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First elect a Speaker.

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I had been under the impression that the Lt. Governor was the presiding officer (that was my intention when I proposed the Assembly several months ago), but it appears that provision wasn't included in our Constitution. Blame Xahar.

I decided not to put it in.

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Anyway, is anyone familiar with the way legislation gets passed 'round these parts? Other than me, of course.

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Anyway, is anyone familiar with the way legislation gets passed 'round these parts? Other than me, of course.

Why are we doing something wrong in that regard?

It's all in the Constitution.

In other words, yes.

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Heh. Turns out Ben needs to second the nomination.

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Heh. Turns out Ben needs to second the nomination.

I have seconded it, in multiple threads, I believe.

Eh, do it officially.

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Hashemite is no longer a member. Appoint Inks.

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2.   A four year GPA of at least 3.6,
4.   An SAT score of at least 2,000,
5.   Or an ACT score of at least 30,

No!

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Besides, chaos is what this game is all about.

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Right now, I am adamently opposed to a Con Con.

As am I.

Why?

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It'll give us something to do.

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None of those which I'd support.  lol

Why do you oppose the first measure?

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None of those which I'd support.  lol

Why do you oppose the first measure?

I see no reason to change to 3 regions.

Hs the ineptitude of your region not told you anything?

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None of those which I'd support.  lol

Why do you oppose the first measure?

I see no reason to change to 3 regions.

Hs the ineptitude of your region not told you anything?

And if it continues, I'll run for Governor in January.

The elections ran smoothly enough; my only mistake was forgetting to delete one sentence from the Constitution.

Really? I seem to recall they used the wrong voting system.

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Three regions...

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I had a plan in my campaign for VP.

Basically, the dividing lines would be the Mississippi and the Potomac. It'd be merging far more than breaking up.

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Can someone introduce an amendment?

Good Government Amendment

The office of Governor is hereby devolved upon Inks.LWC in perpetuity.

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Can someone introduce an amendment?

Good Government Amendment

The office of Governor is hereby devolved upon Inks.LWC in perpetuity.

Remind me again why you even bother to live somewhere other than the Mideast?

I'd do a competent job as Governor, and we can't have that.

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I wouldn't like the idea of having a tract of land 20 X 20 acres (i.e. 400 sq. acres) would allow strangers to squat for the weekend barely a football field from my home and family.

Kind of unrelated, but if it's considered "squatting", then it's not something that should be legalized.

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Why are meters used, anyway? They're not familiar to most residents.

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Why are meters used, anyway? They're not familiar to most residents.

^^^^

The customary system ought to be used instead.

Because of the Metric Conversion Act, voted in February 2008.

Ah, I thought that failed.

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As a private citizen, I'd like to recommend that the Mideast repeal its current electoral system in favor of STV.

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As a private citizen, I'd like to recommend that the Mideast repeal its current electoral system in favor of STV.

Why? This has worked well and fairly for the entirety of its existence thus far.

This is only because there have been very few contested elections. What advantages does the current system have over STV?

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As a private citizen, I'd like to recommend that the Mideast repeal its current electoral system in favor of STV.

Why? This has worked well and fairly for the entirety of its existence thus far.

This is only because there have been very few contested elections. What advantages does the current system have over STV?

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Here you are:

The system the Mideast uses is horrible. I can't think of any arguments in favor of it.

Does the fact that you don't like it count in it's favour

No.

But, for real. It is perfectly possible for three candidates to be elected when all are preferenced in the bottom three by a majority. For instance, let's take the example of the 1948 Irish election, under this system (with three candidates to be elected). For the purpose of this example, let's assume that all voters from all parties rank their three candidates in the same order, and that all the other parties rank Fianna Fáil last (not unreasonable, IMO).

The first count:

Fianna Fáil #1: 41.9
Fine Gael #1: 19.8
Clann na Poblachta #1: 13.3
Labour #1: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #1: 5.5
National Labour #1: 2.6
Others: 0

Fianna Fáil #1 elected.

The second count:

Fianna Fáil #1: n/a
Fianna Fáil #2: 41.9
Fine Gael #1: 39.6
Clann na Poblachta #1: 26.6
Labour #1: 22.6
Fine Gael #2: 19.8
Clann na Poblachta #2: 13.3
Labour #2: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #1: 11
Clann na Talmhan #2: 5.5
National Labour #1: 5.2
National Labour #2: 2.6
Others: 0

Fianna Fáil #2 elected.

The third count:

Fianna Fáil #1: n/a
Fianna Fáil #2: n/a
Fine Gael #1: 59.4
Fianna Fáil #3: 41.9
Clann na Poblachta #1: 39.9
Fine Gael #2: 39.6
Labour #1: 33.9
Clann na Poblachta #2: 26.6
Labour #2: 22.6
Fine Gael #3: 19.8
Clann na Talmhan #1: 16.5
Clann na Poblachta #3: 13.3
Labour #3: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #2: 11
National Labour #1: 7.8
Clann na Talmhan #3: 5.5
National Labour #2: 5.2
National Labour #3: 2.6

Fine Gael #1 is elected.

Final Composition: Fianna Fáil 2, Fine Gael 1

Thus, the Opposition, with 58.1% of the vote, gets 33.3% of the seats, and Fianna Fáil, last-preferenced by the majority, gets 66.7% of the seats. Theoretically, a party could win all three seats with any number of votes, provided they had thrice as many as the second-place party.

I rest my case.

The example is somewhat winded, but STV would never do something that horrible.