Northern Regional Committee

[cinyc]

Aye

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Aye

[Blair]

Aye

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

With five delegates in favor and none opposed - by a unanimous vote - the proposed Constitution of the Northern Region has PASSED this committee.


I introduce the following bill authorizing a referendum on this Constitution and a simultaneous vote on the capital of the North as mandated by Article VII, Section 3 of the document.

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[cinyc]

Why next Friday instead of this Friday?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Are the people voting on the Constitution and the capital at the same time?

[cinyc]

Are the people voting on the Constitution and the capital at the same time?

Yes.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Why next Friday instead of this Friday?

I wasn't sure if there was enough time left, considering people will need to nominate cities for the Section 2 referendum, but it can be amended if you prefer.

[Kingpoleon]

Any further actions by this Committee ought merely to ensure the proper transition to our new government.

I support the extension to next Friday.

[cinyc]

It's already Wednesday, so we might as well wait until next week at this point.  The bill looks fine to me.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Seeing no further debate, I call a final vote on the proposed electoral bill. Please vote AYE, NAY, or Abstain. Voting will last 24 hours or until a majority has been reached.

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[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AYE!

[Kingpoleon]

AYE

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

AYE

[cinyc]

Aye

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

With a majority in favor, this bill has PASSED the Committee.

[Blair]

aye ftr

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I offer the following proposal for your consideration:

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There are currently five declared candidates for Northern Assembly who, under the provisions of the recently passed electoral bill, qualify to appear on the ballot: these are Clyde1998, Danderns, FairBol, lwp2004, and Spark498. Two of these candidates - Spark and Danderns - have not posted in Atlasia for weeks, possibly months (I lost patience after scrolling through all of Spark's July posts without finding a single comment made in Atlasia). This is highly problematic, because the number of candidates running for Assembly determines the size of that chamber. If both Spark and Danderns remain on the ballot and one more candidate enters the race, the number of seats up for election would jump to five despite the absence of real interest to justify that increase. This bill would allow me to remove these zombies from the ballot, providing a legislature sized to fit the actual state of affairs in our Region.

[cinyc]

I don't think we have the power to make rules about who can run for Assembly.  That's something that should have been put in the constitution.

[Clyde1998]

I don't think we have the power to make rules about who can run for Assembly.  That's something that should have been put in the constitution.

I guess that's the first job for the Assembly.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

With the election of a regular government for the Northern Region, in accordance with Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia and Article V of the Rules of Order, I hereby declare this Committee to be DISSOLVED.

[Poirot]

Thank you committee members for taking up the big challenge of writing the regional constitution.