Referendums
Day 1,619, 16:33
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by osbornm
The idea of referendums was first introduced in the last congress term. The first vote failed. I then created my own version of the proposal (below). It still failed. I want to know what the general community thinks of this idea. If this is not seen as a good idea, I will drop the subject. If it is a good idea, I will push on with this idea. If you do support it, I would suggest that you let congress know.
Section I: This referendum shall be a citizen-led initiative that cannot be proposed by a the Congressman that initally started the proposal in congress. Only "role play" proposals shall be subject to a referendum. The proposed legislation must be posted in the "Legislative Branch" forum, along with the intent on seeking a Referendum on the issue.
Section II: The proposal must then be posted in-game, in the newspaper of the sponsoring citizen, with a link to the legislation on the eCanada forums. The proposal must get at least 100 supporters within 72 hours from the start of the original proposal. Each supporter would make clear their support of the initiative, by sending a in-game PM to an org that will be selected by the Chief Justice, with something such as, "I support a referendum on this issue."
Section III: It is the responsibility of the Supreme Court to confirm both the number of supporters, and the Canadian citizenship of each of those supporters, and if the requirments are met, the Supreme Courts Chief Justice's will then certify the Referendum. The vote should be started within a 24 hour window which will start as soon as the 72 hours supporter period is over.
Section IV: After the Chief Justice has approved of the referendum, it will go to a vote. All votes will be sent to the same org as above, which the Chief Justice has already chosen. There will a minimum of 2 people with access to this org to prevent tampering.
Section V: This vote will be open for 72 hours. To pass, the referendum must receive a minimum of 150 votes for the affirmative and a simple majority. The Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada shall be responsible for counting the votes. Each justice shall count the votes, and then cross-reference the results with the other justices. If there are any inconsistencies between their results, the President shall tally the votes. The presidents count shall be deemed correct.
Section VI: Only Canadian citizens will be allowed to vote in a referendum. The court will be responsible for ensuring that only Canadian citizens vote.
Section VII: Referendums may only be used on passed or denied proposals and motions from Congress. A referendum may not be used to create a new law that has not yet gone through congress.
Section VIII: Should a proposal fail to get the requried support (Section II), or should it fail to pass the vote (Section V), there must be 60 days (which will start as soon as the proposal failed) before similar legislation may start the process of a referendum.
Give your opinion here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHV5emhDTHpMZ283UFhacnpTRld4Q0E6MQ
Please get the word out about this article by voting and shouting.
Thanks,
osbornm,
Congressman for Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Can I ask why it failed?
It is clearly well written and better conceived. Perhaps it is due to something other than the proposal itself and more to do with the ability of the game/gamers to implement this kind of voting mechanic.
Also, what is the reason for 100 supporters in 72 hours? Is this to expedite the process or show that people can rally enough support in a given period of time?
Remember to copypaste the link, erep breaks it
It failed because we didn't understand it 🙂.
The reason for the 100 supporters is so that the judiciary can see that there is support behind the motion. It is not just a vote.
A referendum should be a big deal and take awhile so people have time to make an educated vote.
Too long to translate 😒
72 hours is not a very long time. Getting 100 people to agree let alone just vote for an article is a difficult task in eCanada.
Remove the need for the 'judiciary' and bring the limits something more reasonable. Pare down the extra language and requirements in this proposal to make it understandable for (ex)Congressmen like Code-Y.
Making this game out to be a big to-do will lead to wasted effort. Keep it simple, make it fun and interesting, then you'll get people to support it, osbornm.
Plugson.
In the current state of eCanada I'm concerned tools like this will be abused and misused. That's why I'm against implementing it personally. Perhaps when we mature a bit.