Legitimize the Voting Act of 2010 (Law'd)

[Bacon King]

The cell phone issue can be fixed by allowing a more lengthy absentee voting period, yes. This is a bill that needs to be passed immediately.

[Bacon King]

I'm not a fan of the cell phone provision either, but obviously I support this bill overall. And actually I liked Franzl's idea of requiring people to register to vote with a legitimate IP.

Meaning you register to vote with a legit IP and then are allowed to use proxies from there on out? I can't support anything like that.

A smarter way to handle that is to expand and lengthen the absentee voting process so people have a chance to vote, not the other way around.

I think he means that he is of the opinion that all posters must register and vote from legitimate IP addresses, something I wholeheartedly agree with.

[Bacon King]

Senators, we are now voting on the following amendment. Please vote aye, nay, or abstain.

Amendment:

1.  Responsibility for enforcement of this law shall be vested in a Moderator General.  The Moderator General shall be a Cabinet position, requiring nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate.  The Moderator General must be a moderator on the Atlas Forum.

2.  The Moderator General shall publicly announce violations of this law, in the thread maintained by the Department of Forum Affairs.

[Bacon King]

Abstain

[Bacon King]

The amendment has passed; regular debate continues.

[Bacon King]

Senators, this bill is now at a final vote. Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

[Bacon King]

The final text of the bill is as follows. I added the Article headings to clean up the bill, post-amending.

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(note that Article I is the original bill, Article II is AHDuke's amendment, and Article III is Snowguy's amendment.)

[Bacon King]

Aye

[Bacon King]

(note that Article I is the original bill, Article II is AHDuke's amendment, and Article III is Snowguy's amendment.)

Umm, my name isn't Snowguy, its Fritz.

AYE

Sorry that was a huge brain-fart on my part.

[Bacon King]

Senators in favor: Bacon King, AHDuke, Hans-im-Glück, bgwah, Mint, North Carolina Yankee, Fritz, Badger (8 )
Senators opposed: none (0)
Senators abstaining (with vote): Winston Disreali, tmthforu94 (2)

The bill has enough votes to pass. With no Senators opposed to the bill, the 24 hour waiting period has been waived. The bill is now presented to President Afleitch.