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« Reply #2875 on: July 31, 2012, 06:48:57 PM »

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« Reply #2876 on: July 31, 2012, 07:29:55 PM »

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« Reply #2877 on: July 31, 2012, 08:04:07 PM »

Valkyrtweed has passed and awaits the Emperor's veto/sig
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« Reply #2878 on: July 31, 2012, 08:38:55 PM »



     On the the Valkyrtweed Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT
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« Reply #2879 on: August 01, 2012, 11:45:12 AM »

I invite the members of this body to attend my open press conference, as Sjoyce has. Also, I admire the regions firm stance in the name of democracy.
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« Reply #2880 on: August 03, 2012, 12:04:34 AM »

I am having some fun oral surgery tomorrow morning and I may or may not spend the the next few days just relaxing watching South Park and eating yogurt/ other soft foods, you know the American dream.

Anywho, due to me likely not feeling like coming on for a couple days or so Andy Griffith will be  Speaker Pro-Temp from now until lets say Monday morning.


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« Reply #2881 on: August 03, 2012, 02:32:33 PM »

I am having some fun oral surgery tomorrow morning and I may or may not spend the the next few days just relaxing watching South Park and eating yogurt/ other soft foods, you know the American dream.

Anywho, due to me likely not feeling like coming on for a couple days or so Andy Griffith will be  Speaker Pro-Temp from now until lets say Monday morning.


Hope everything goes well. I've had about half of my mouth "rewired" so I feel for you.
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« Reply #2882 on: August 03, 2012, 10:35:19 PM »
« Edited: August 03, 2012, 10:36:50 PM by Speaker Jbrase »

Ok, I have some pretty good pills so I'm not feeling that bad. But I like the idea of bottom up. So Andy is still Speaker pro-temp until monday.

I kinda like the idea of breaking it into shifts so everyone can get used to running the Legislature.
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« Reply #2883 on: August 05, 2012, 02:51:47 PM »

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« Reply #2884 on: August 05, 2012, 03:30:43 PM »

As it stands I am opposed because with not every state having voters, and some having proportionally large numbers of voters in comparison to others, I feel its best to leave which state one lives in irrelevant and keep things at-large.
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« Reply #2885 on: August 05, 2012, 05:29:04 PM »

I'm on the same page as JBrase here. It's hard enough to get people to run for office at all. This ammendment could discourage people from running, especially if they hailed from the same state as an already-successful incumbent legislator.

Since state changes are frequent and easily made, I don't really understand the point of the ammendment.
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« Reply #2886 on: August 05, 2012, 08:13:12 PM »

Since state changes are frequent and easily made, I don't really understand the point of the amendment.

Just an idea I had kicking around in my head. In theory it should make people move to different states so that the population makes a bit more sense geographically speaking.
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« Reply #2887 on: August 05, 2012, 08:43:52 PM »

     I once had an idea of splitting the region into three districts and electing a Legislator from each, along with two at-large. The proposed bill appeals to me, but I think it's too specific and would just lead to lots of vacancies.
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« Reply #2888 on: August 05, 2012, 09:00:23 PM »

     I once had an idea of splitting the region into three districts and electing a Legislator from each, along with two at-large. The proposed bill appeals to me, but I think it's too specific and would just lead to lots of vacancies.

Maybe I could get on board if we set up a committee to change if need be the boundaries of the districts every few months and allow perhaps some of the larger states to be in multiple districts.

Maybe.
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« Reply #2889 on: August 05, 2012, 10:37:40 PM »

I'm thinking an idea like this could in effect work - but it would need backing from the regional census and the lines would need to be recalculated every two months. The only problem is that there would need to be a more concentrated effort with reviving the regional census and finding yet another person to fill that slot. That, or the legislature could redraw the lines.
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« Reply #2890 on: August 05, 2012, 10:47:20 PM »

I like PiT's idea, but I would be more enthusiastic if the proportion of at-large seats to regional seats was a bit different.

Maybe we up the legislature to six members and have three at-large and three regional seats?
Or divide the Dominion into two regions and keep three at-large seats?

I'm just thinking that we could lessen the problems associated with electing legislators from these sub-regions if we made sure at least 50% of the legislature was still at-large.

(also concur that we'd need to re-assess the boundaries regularly)
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« Reply #2891 on: August 05, 2012, 11:44:01 PM »

I'm thinking an idea like this could in effect work - but it would need backing from the regional census and the lines would need to be recalculated every two months. The only problem is that there would need to be a more concentrated effort with reviving the regional census and finding yet another person to fill that slot. That, or the legislature could redraw the lines.

     Redrawing so often would burn people out, I think. Back when we had district Senate seats, elections were once every four months, but the redrawing was only once a year. Maybe redraw once every six months while allowing citizens to petition for a redrawing sooner?

I like PiT's idea, but I would be more enthusiastic if the proportion of at-large seats to regional seats was a bit different.

Maybe we up the legislature to six members and have three at-large and three regional seats?
Or divide the Dominion into two regions and keep three at-large seats?

I'm just thinking that we could lessen the problems associated with electing legislators from these sub-regions if we made sure at least 50% of the legislature was still at-large.

(also concur that we'd need to re-assess the boundaries regularly)

     I also thought about that, but we have had such difficulty filling five seats lately. I'd suggest going on a big recruitment drive if we're going to re-up the number of seats.
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« Reply #2892 on: August 06, 2012, 12:07:54 AM »

Yeah, I hear ya.

I'd suggest going on a big recruitment drive even if we don't re-up the number of seats.
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« Reply #2893 on: August 07, 2012, 09:32:03 PM »

     Hello, everybody!
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« Reply #2894 on: August 07, 2012, 11:58:05 PM »

Unless any changes introduced by morning, it'll be up for a vote tomorrow.
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« Reply #2895 on: August 08, 2012, 10:39:15 AM »

Up for a final vote.


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« Reply #2896 on: August 08, 2012, 11:41:29 AM »

Aye.

Eh, at least it caused some discussion.
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« Reply #2897 on: August 08, 2012, 11:45:57 AM »

Nay, sorry SJoyce. Tongue
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« Reply #2898 on: August 08, 2012, 11:52:26 AM »


It's fine. It was really just a random idea I had pop into my head that I proposed cause of lack of discussion and such.
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« Reply #2899 on: August 08, 2012, 02:35:28 PM »

Nay, although I hope to revisit this idea at some point in the future.
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