Empowering Regions in Federal Elections Amendment (Debating)

[TJ in Oregon]

I am opposed to Section 1 of this amendment because I believe that holding only regional races at midterms would reduce interest in the game because most regional seat elections are frankly not that interesting. Holding them simultaneously with presidential elections while having the At-Large races as Midterms is, I believe a better idea to encourage activity.

I agree with our Senator Yankee that scrapping Section 1 would be a good idea though for somewhat different reasons.

As for Section 2, I can see the appeal of having regional races conducted by regions, but also believe that federal elections in Atlasia should be administered by the federal government since the sum of regional votes is simply added up. Therefore, I would like to offer the following amendment to the bill:

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Empowering Regions in Federal Elections Amendment

1. A region's governing body shall have the authority to determine procedure for administration of voting and certification of election results for their own Class A Senate elections scheduled in the months of February, June, and October.

2. A region's governing body may determine the means of election to Class A Senate election.

3. To ensure a fair process of election, any alternative system of voting chosen by the region's governing body for Class A Senate elections must be conducted in public, on-site, and may not disqualify any candidate meeting the qualifications set in the Constitution.

4. If a region fails to open a vote for their Senator and President within 12 hours of when polls must open, a Federal Officer of the Executive Branch shall open the vote on behalf of the region.

[TJ in Oregon]

I don't think it makes sense to have the regions running the presidential election when the votes are totalled across all regions (not the mention the IRV aspect). Thus, I would like to go even further and strike out the last sentence of 1):

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[TJ in Oregon]

Aye