SE House legislation introduction Thread

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

"The Down with Imperialism and Tyranny Act

1. With the passage of this resolution, the IDS formally demands an end to the colonization of Virginia and Kentucky by Mideastern imperialists.  Furthermore, the Imperial Legislature demands that these occupied territories be permitted to take their rightful place as a part of the IDS.

2. Until such time as Virginia and Kentucky have been returned to the IDS and liberty has been restored, these states shall be referred to as the Occupied Territories on all maps made by the regional government.

3. We demand an immediate end to Mideastern colonial settlements in the occupied territories.  These settlements have already destroyed aspects of the rich Southern culture and history within the occupied territories.

4. All schools and universities receiving any funding from the regional government shall henceforth teach their students that Virginia and Kentucky are rightfully a part of the IDS and that they have been turned into de facto colonies by the Mideastern occupation forces.  

5. We demand the passage of a constitutional amendment recognizing the states of Kentucky and Virginia as falling within the regional borders of the Imperial Dominion of the South.

6. The regional government of the Imperial Dominion of the South condemns the actions of any who would try to end the Mideastern occupation through violence."

If nothing else, this should be a fun debate, Atlasia (and especially the IDS) could use a little nationalism every now and then to keep things interesting.

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If nothing else, this should be a fun debate, Atlasia (and especially the IDS) could use a little nationalism every now and then to keep things interesting.

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[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The Stop PMing Me Act

1. Effective immediately upon the passage of this bill, the government of the South shall establish a Do Not PM list. 

2. Any voters living in the IDS who does not wish to receive campaign PMs may add themselves to the Do Not PM List by signing their username in the list's thread. 

3. Any voters whose names have been added to the list may not be sent a sample ballot, encouraged to vote for a specific candidate by either a candidate or a candidate's supporters via PM, or sent a PM reminding them to vote in any Gubernatorial, regional legislative, or regional Senate election.

4. The one exception to section three is if the individual who sent the campaign PM or sample ballot can prove with PMs that he did so purely at the direct request of the specific voter who filed a complaint against him and limited his campaign-related PM to the subject the voter PMed him about.  For example, a candidate responding to a voter's unprompted request for information about his position on abortion would not be in violation of section three if he send a PM in response that laid out his views on abortion.  However, said candidate would be violating section three if he sent an unprompted abortion-related pitch to a voter on the Do Not PM list or if he sent a sample ballot in addition to answering the voter's question about his abortion views. 

5. No voters on the Do Not PM List may send campaign-related PMs, sample ballots, etc while on the list.

6. Anyone wishing to be removed from the Do Not PM List may have there name removed by making a post in the list thread requesting that their name be taken of the Do Not PM List.  However, no voter may add or remove himself from the Do Not PM List at any point during either last 48 hours before the voting booth opens in a Southern Gubernatorial, regional legislative, or regional Senate election or while the actual voting in one of the aforementioned types of elections is underway in this region.

7. Any voter adding his name during the period described in section six shall not be recognized as having  added his name to the Do Not PM List. 

8. Any voter who is convicted of removing his name from the Do Not PM List during the aforementioned period shall receive a minimum sentence a ban on voting in the following regional election.

9. Anyone convicted of violating section three of this law once shall receive a minimum sentence of a six month ban on voting in regional elections or holding regional office (including, but not limited to regional Senate).  A second conviction will lead to the same penalty, as well as a year-long ban on appearing on any ballot in the region in any election for any office.