Pacific Legislature Official Thread

[bgwah]

Well I guess I would be okay with moving the thread. I'm sure all Meeker would have to do is PM MJ or Gustaf?

In the mean time, I would like to propose the following:

Renaming of Jackson County Bill
1) Whereas Andrew Jackson was a genocidal maniac who did not share the values of the Pacific Region and does not deserve the honor of a Pacific county named after him.
2) Therefore Jackson County, Oregon shall be renamed in honor of the recently deceased entertainer and long-time resident of the Pacific Region Michael Jackson.

X Bgwah

Legislature Amendment
1) Section 1:3 of Article II shall be amended to read "A referendum on each bill shall begin at a time determined by the Governor (but not more than one month after it obtains the required signatures) and shall remain open for one week."

X Bgwah

To see what is being amended, go here: https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Second_Pacific_Constitution#Section_1:_Legislation

Currently there are some technicalities with how our legislature works that I think we should streamline. Sure, we could just pretend they don't exist, but as we've seen in the Southeast Region that can become a problem. There would be no silly one day waiting period anymore. This basically allows the Governor to immediately open any proposed legislation with a simple signature and would hopefully make it easier and faster to get legislation voted on...

The Governor still has the option of not signing the legislation. In that case, three citizens can still get it voted on if three of them sign it. I'm leaving this option for the Governor just as a safe-guard. Hypothetically speaking, some moronic troll could just come in and propose 100 pieces of stupid legislation--I want to make sure we can just ignore something like that if necessary. I'm guessing any Governor would go ahead and allow the vast majority of legislation to be voted on.

[bgwah]

I would likely to slightly modify my amendment:

Legislature Amendment
1) Section 1:3 of Article II shall be amended to read "A referendum on each bill shall begin at a time determined by the Governor (but not more than one month after it obtains the required signatures) and shall remain open for one week."
2) Section 3:3 of Article II shall be amended to read "A referendum on each constitutional amendment shall begin at a time determined by the Governor (but not more than one month after it obtains the required signatures) and shall remain open for one week. "

X Bgwah

[bgwah]

Aye to both

[bgwah]

Nay to the first, Aye to the second

That's ignorant!

[bgwah]

Nay

[bgwah]

I don't think I can still vote on this, but nay anyway.

Why couldn't you vote?

[bgwah]

Oh my, I think I have to abstain based on the poor English alone... Bestest? You're not old enough to use a computer, Tommy Pickles.

[bgwah]

I abstain on both bills.

[bgwah]

Sodom and Gomorrah Bill
1) Colorado City, Arizona is hereby renamed Sodom, Arizona.
2) Hildale, Utah is hereby renamed Gomorrah, Utah.

Pad Thai Bill
1) Curry County, Oregon shall henceforth be known as Pad Thai County, Oregon.

[bgwah]

Aye on all

[bgwah]

Aye

[bgwah]

Aye and aye

[bgwah]

nay

[bgwah]

I nominate and vote for Ebowed.

[bgwah]

Xahar

I thought Xahar hated zombies? Oh, you mean he is one of the biggest hypocrites in Atlasian history? Fascinating.

[bgwah]

Anyway, a quick question for the Governor--are we actually voting? Your beginning post sounded mostly like a nominating process followed by an endorsement of ArchAngelZero, though we've clearly started voting anyway.

Legislation is typically voted on for one week, should we assume that is the case here if we've started voting?

Thanks in advance for the clarification!

[bgwah]

Apparently, I was informed that some people believe me to be Hamilton.  Is this true?

Haha, really? I've been assuming that WilliamSargent is Hamilton, FWIW.

Anyway, I'll change my vote to Ebowed.

Well it doesn't really matter anyways, considering I've already lost lol.  Out of curiosity, when will the Lt. Gov position be open for election?

It's open now AFAIK, if you want to run. If there's no other candidates for the position I think we can safely declare you elected by default, but as far as I know if there's more than one a special election is held.

Section 1 of the Fifth Amendment of the Pacific Constitution should answer your question: https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Second_Pacific_Constitution#First_Amendment

[bgwah]

I see that you're pulling out all the stops to have your friend elected, at which point he will do nothing but concur with you. I can't imagine what enjoyment you could possibly find in this, but evidently you do find some.

How are Torie, Rocket, and Ogis any different? Ebowed hasn't been online so my endeavor will be unsuccessful anyway.

Never fails to amaze me that people actually believe anything you say, though.

[bgwah]

aye

[bgwah]

Shouldn't the amendment specify who will officially be responsible for elections if not the Lt. Governor?

[bgwah]

abstain

[bgwah]

I don't think there's really any need for change here. There isn't a lot for the regional officials to do already and creating a third position seems like a move in the wrong direction to me. I'm going to vote nay for now.

[bgwah]

aye

[bgwah]

Aye
Nay

[bgwah]

When something is repealed, you usually just put "Repealed" in parenthesis on the statue page, so what Arch did works best I think.