[27-02] Legislative Elections Act

[Eire]

A Bill to Adopt a Voting System for Senate Elections, the Electing of a Speaker for the Citizens' Assembly and set Number of Senators in the Senate

1. With the authority set out in the constitution of Right to Life in Article VII, section 3, this Senate shall hereby adopt a voting system for the electing of Senators to said Senate, as well as for the electing the Speaker for the Citizens' Assembly, with the authority set out in Article III, section 9 of the constitution.

2. The cumulative voting method adopted shall give voters three votes, which they can give to one or more candidates of their choice. The candidates with the highest number of votes shall be elected to the Senate.

3. The Speaker of the Citizens' Assembly shall be elected with the voting process of first-past-the-post, giving all citizens one vote to select a single candidate of their choice.

4. The number of seats which will comprise the Senate shall be three.

 

[Culture of Life]

• The bill should have a short title for the Law Library -- maybe, "Legislative Elections Act."
• Throughout the bill, the term "Citizens' Assembly" should be plural.
• Section 1: This section seems unnecessary. However, if you want to include it, the authority for establishing a method of election for the Speaker of the Assembly is set forth in article III, section 9, of the Constitution.
• Section 2: I'd slightly tweak the language: "The cumulative voting method adopted shall give voters three votes, which they can give to one or more candidates of their choice. The candidates with the highest number of votes shall be elected to the Senate. This voting method shall apply to all citizens equally."
• Section 3: I'd remove this part: "This voting method shall apply to all citizens equally."
• Section 4: I imagine the current senators will debate this.

[Eire]

Without any further additions I hereby move this to a vote

I vote Aye

[Phydios]

Aye.

[Eire]

The bill has been passed by a majority in the senate, it shall now be passed to the Citizens' Assembly to be voted on by the citizens of the region.