Vice Presidential Election Amendment (At Final Vote)

[Јas]

Amendment

1. The office of Vice President is hereby abolished.

2. On such occasions when the office of President shall fall vacant, a special election shall be held no fewer than 7 and no more than 14 days after the vacancy arises, to complete the remainder of the Presidential term.

3. Between the arising of a vacancy in the office of President and the swearing-in of a new President, the powers and duties of the Presidency shall be vested in the Governors of the Atlasia as a whole, said powers and duties being exercisable by majority vote.

4. A special election shall not be necessary where a vacancy in the office of President arises after such time as the election of a President-elect has been certified or where it arises less than 14 days prior to the election of same. In such circumstances, the President-elect may swear-in immediately.

5. Whenever the President transmits to the Senate President pro tempore his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Governors of the Atlasia as a whole, said powers and duties being exercisable by majority vote.

6. Whenever a majority of the Cabinet and a two-thirds majority of the Senate sign a declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Governors of the Atlasia as a whole, said powers and duties being exercisable by majority vote. Thereafter the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office upon his declaration that he is capable of discharging the said powers and duties, or when the Cabinet and Senate annul their previous declaration.

7. On such occasions as ties may arise in the Senate, the measure at vote shall be deemed to have failed.


Unconvinced as I am by the need for a VP, the above amendment proposes the abolition of the Vice-Presidency. Comments are encouraged.

[minionofmidas]

The vote is on the amendment.

Nay.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Big nay from me

[Јas]

Aye

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Nay

[Meeker]

I should note my opposition to the amendment.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

nay

[HappyWarrior]

Nay

[AndrewTX]

nay

[Јas]

It seems my assessment of the Vice Presidency is a distinctly minority opinion.
I wish you all the opportunity to spend some time in that office for the chance to change your mind.

[minionofmidas]

The amendment has enough votes to fail. Senators have 24 hours to change their minds.

Aye 1 (best VP we've had in recent years)
Nay 6 (Lewis, Dwtl, PiT, Al, Happy, Andrew)
yet to vote 3 (Sensei, Torie, Bacon)

EDIT: My bad. What was I thinking. Amendments don't get 24 hours to think about.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I've been thinking about my position on the legislation itself. If it were a normal bill, I'd ask my constituents, but since it's an amendment, I'll just vote aye to send it to the people.

[minionofmidas]

Final vote.

Aye.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye

[Јas]

Nay

[DownWithTheLeft]

Nay

[HappyWarrior]

Aye

[Torie]

Nay

[Meeker]

Vote Count

Aye: 3 (Lewis, PiT, HappyWarrior)
Nay: 3 (DWTL, Torie, Lief)
Abstain (Yet to vote): 4 (Al, Bacon King, AndrewCT, SPC)

[SPC]

Nay

[AndrewTX]

eh, nay

[minionofmidas]

Okay people, why not? I mean, like, why the hell not?

[DownWithTheLeft]

Okay people, why not? I mean, like, why the hell not?

I like the idea of two parties running a joint ticket too much

[minionofmidas]

Okay people, why not? I mean, like, why the hell not?

I like the idea of two parties running a joint ticket too much

They can still do that under this amendment.

[Bacon King]

nay