Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

[Rowan]

How about a ban on office-holding of those on the TrollList?

No.

Oh it's cause your buddies are on there, I get it.

[Vepres]

Its better but I must ask whats the difference in having the PPT step in when the Veep is innactive then having the Veep step in when the PPT is innactive?

It would give the PPT more time to debate. MJ rarely debated back when he was PPT after all.

I am not MJ. I don't beleive Marokai refrained from debating contentious topics when he was PPT and I plan to continue to debate topics just as much as I previously did. The PPT stuff is easy, especially with the Senate as active as it is now. I don't see how any PPT wouldn't "have the time" to debate.


If MJ refrained from debate it was because he felt obligated to do so as part of his position. I feel that is unnecessary but respectable overkill. As long as the PPT can separate his duties from PPT from the debate which I can and will, this won't be an issue.

Well, he's the only PPT I've seen last more than a month or two

[Vepres]

Hey! Where's the controversial, ideological legislation?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Hey! Where's the controversial, ideological legislation?

Would you be willing to help me look for it, I have been searching high low for it since New Years?

I should file a missing person's report.

[Fritz]

I think the Senate might want to consider an expulsion motion against Mint, if he doesn't start doing some Senator-ing.  I mean, we can give him a little more time, but so far this has been his one and only contribution to the Senate:

Nay.

[Mint]

lol

[Fritz]

Well, it appears I got your attention.    There are a few more bills being voted on......

[Mint]

Don't wake sleeping dogs.

[MaxQue]

Before someone threathen to expell me, I am writing a bill. Well, nothing is written yet, but I expect to present it tomorrow.

[Vepres]

I just had an idea to improve the job of the SoIA. Why not give him power over the monetary policy, much like the federal reserve in real life?

[Marokai Backbeat]

I just had an idea to improve the job of the SoIA. Why not give him power over the monetary policy, much like the federal reserve in real life?

I'm a little fearful of actually letting such a complicated job be held by children, to be honest.

[Vepres]

I just had an idea to improve the job of the SoIA. Why not give him power over the monetary policy, much like the federal reserve in real life?

I'm a little fearful of actually letting such a complicated job be held by children, to be honest.

It was your buddy Lief who nominated the (very smart) kid

[Vepres]

Senators, if you haven't already, please read this thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=111047.0

If action is not taken, some voters will be disenfranchised by legal issues.

[Franzl]

Capital Punishment Abolition Amendment:

The death penalty may not be given for any crime throughout Atlasia, whether federal or regional.

I wish you better luck than I had (twice...).

[HappyWarrior]

I would like to say that I believe Senator Mint's final submittied bill will damage our military readiness as well as our international prestige.  If anything we need to increase foreign aid.  That is all from the office of the SOEA.

[Franzl]

Would a senator please introduce the following legislation on behalf of the Department of Forum Affairs?

Amendment to the Absentee Voting Act:

F.L. 32-8: The Absentee Voting Act

Section 1: Absentee Voting
As mandated by Article V, Section 2, Clause 8 of the Federal Constitution, all voters shall have the right to cast absentee votes after the candidacy declaration period has expired starting one week before the earliest possible begin of the election.
Upon the candidacy declaration deadline occurring At that point, the Secretary of Forum Affairs or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened. In the event of runoff elections, once the need for a runoff election is known, the Secretary or Deputy Secretary shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened.
Voters wishing to apply for an absentee vote shall notify this publically in a manner specified by the Secretary of Forum Affairs.
The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall then grant the request to absentee vote publically, at which point the voter may proceed to vote in the Absentee Voting Booth.
Absentee Voters shall post their votes in the same format as if it were a regular ballot, and they shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as regular ballots.

Section 2: Disqualification from Absentee Voting
Should an Absentee Voter post more than 5 times anywhere on the Atlas Forum in the regular election period, their absentee vote shall be nullified and treated as non extant.
Any person who has their absentee vote nullified may vote again by regular ballot.
Any person who votes by regular ballot after voting by absentee ballot, shall have their absentee ballot treated as non-extant.
Persons who attempt to vote in the Absentee thread without prior notification of the Department of Forum Affairs shall have that vote treated as non-extant.

Section 3: Repeals
Section 6 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act and Clause 1 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act (Amendment) Act are repealed.

[Purple State]

I would like to say that I believe Senator Mint's final submittied bill will damage our military readiness as well as our international prestige.  If anything we need to increase foreign aid.  That is all from the office of the SOEA.

On a sorta, kinda similar note, maybe we should bring back the budget before we go slashing it.

[Franzl]

The Trolls Can't Vote Act.

Any person banned from posting on the forum by the moderators or Dave Leip is prohibited from voting, being listed on a candidate on a ballot in any election, or serving in any Atlasian office during the term of said banning. Any write-in votes cast for a banned individual are not to be counted.

I see one problem with this....you need to find a way around the use of "person". From my perspective at the DoFA, any new voter with a different forum name is a new person, even if that's not a sensible position in practice.

[Associate Justice PiT]

The Trolls Can't Vote Act.

Any person banned from posting on the forum by the moderators or Dave Leip is prohibited from voting, being listed on a candidate on a ballot in any election, or serving in any Atlasian office during the term of said banning. Any write-in votes cast for a banned individual are not to be counted.

I see one problem with this....you need to find a way around the use of "person". From my perspective at the DoFA, any new voter with a different forum name is a new person, even if that's not a sensible position in practice.

     It also happens to be the position that has been assumed by the Supreme Court of Atlasia, though that has always been one of the Court's more controversial rulings.

[Hash]

I would appreciate if a confirmation vote on my nomination as SoEA could be held soon

[Barnes]

I would appreciate if a confirmation vote on my nomination as SoEA could be held soon

Same goes for me as AG.

Especially because of the current court cases that we have going on.

[Purple State]

Daylight Savings Time Abolition Act

1. The Republic of Atlasia shall no longer recognize Daylight Savings Time.
2. Clocks will not be set back or forward for any reason.

This could make life for the SoFA and all voters very confusing.

[tmthforu94]

Daylight Savings Time Abolition Act

1. The Republic of Atlasia shall no longer recognize Daylight Savings Time.
2. Clocks will not be set back or forward for any reason.

This could make life for the SoFA and all voters very confusing.

Though I hate Daylight Savings time to the fullest extent, this bill would massively throw me off. And if we ever have an SoFA that's on Daylight Savings time, it will throw him/her off too.

[k-onmmunist]

It would be in country, not in game.

[Purple State]

It would be in country, not in game.

Probably better to word it as a resolution against daylight savings time, rather than as a law abolishing it.