Post by Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun on Jul 2, 2015 3:55:44 GMT -6
Find here the first Clark of this forty-eighth Cosă of our Kingdom.
Esteemed fellow Maritime-Majestics,
I know I have not been around for the larger part of the last Cosă, seeing that I fell into a state of crazily, and hastily learning for my finals (Abitur), which is still a pain in the ass. But I realised that I could not let you down, no matter what was happening in my life.
So now, here I stand before you, ashamed of my deeds, and I beg your forgiveness. Incidentally, I ask for your ideas:
RZ1 - The Automatic Votes Validation Amendment
In a nutshell, then, votes that have been cast using the Database shall be made exempt from review by the Electoral Commission. This bill has been proposed by the SecState Furxheir, and the Senator for Atatürk Pinatsch. I tend towards a dubious per but I am not sure of it, yet. For example, why are Cosa and Senate votes mentioned? They always were, and still are, public.
RZ2 - The Democratic Amendment
Basically, we take away the King's veto powers of a democratically approved amendment to the Organic Law, whereof the existence was a big question mark hovering in the Kingdom up until now. The bill has been proposed by Furxheir, Pinatsch, MC of MRPT Lüc da Schir, PM and MC of the FreeDem Xheraltescù, MC of TSP Zavala-Sherby, and MC of MRPT Plätschisch.
I tend towards a strong per.
RZ3 - We had a short Amendment buried in a larger One Act
Submitted by the much-respected Senator for Maricopa, Dien Tresplet, this bill seeks to reintroduce constituency representation of Members of the Cosă, which, apparently, went under in the Lexhatx. I don't have an opinion about this bill; I guess it may be nice. So, whatever the majority of M&Mers say, goes. If nobody says anything, I'll abstain.
RZ4 - The Easy Conversions Act
Ian Plätschisch, MC-MRPT, has proposed this bill. I basically support it, with the minor cringeworthy part of exempting the use of Fahrenheit. I will support this bill, unless I find major opposition to it in this Province. But maybe, in the future, one might push to have Talossa use the degrees-Celsius scale officially.
You may write your thoughts down in this thread, or send me a message on the boards, or contact me on Facebook - for those, who befriended me on Facebook, that is.
Please make sure to answer me by Monday, the 13th of this month of July, so that we still have time for discussions, if need should arise.
Esteemed fellow Maritime-Majestics,
I know I have not been around for the larger part of the last Cosă, seeing that I fell into a state of crazily, and hastily learning for my finals (Abitur), which is still a pain in the ass. But I realised that I could not let you down, no matter what was happening in my life.
So now, here I stand before you, ashamed of my deeds, and I beg your forgiveness. Incidentally, I ask for your ideas:
RZ1 - The Automatic Votes Validation Amendment
WHEREAS our electoral commission was created back when we thought the secret ballots would be handled by hand AND
WHEREAS when anything is handled by hand, mistakes are bound to be made AND
WHEREAS we cannot afford to make mistakes so every vote had to be validated AND
WHEREAS something else occured. Our Secretary of State used the power of his database to allow once again online votes without any human intervention other than that of the voter AND
WHEREAS these votes, if secret, are only reviewed because specifically, the law requires the electoral commission to do so AND
WHEREAS voters not only get a receipt but can validate their vote until the next election and eventually, forever AND
WHEREAS one of the members of the electoral commission is a party leader, causing discomfort to some citizens
THEREFORE the ZIU resolves to amend the Organic Law, pending a referendum to approve it, in the following manner:
Article VII: Election to the Cosâ, Section 6 will get a new sub-section 1 which reads as follows:
6.1: Secret votes cast using a secure, electronic voting system for which a confirmation receipt is available to the voters and which the voters can validate themselves shall not have their content (Cosa votes, Senate votes, Provincial votes and Referendum votes) revealed to the electoral commission provided that the identifiers and technical information used to vote are still available to them. Any member of the electoral commission may request that the content of an automated ballot be still reviewed by the electoral commission as a whole if they suspect a problem occurred with that specific vote.
WHEREAS when anything is handled by hand, mistakes are bound to be made AND
WHEREAS we cannot afford to make mistakes so every vote had to be validated AND
WHEREAS something else occured. Our Secretary of State used the power of his database to allow once again online votes without any human intervention other than that of the voter AND
WHEREAS these votes, if secret, are only reviewed because specifically, the law requires the electoral commission to do so AND
WHEREAS voters not only get a receipt but can validate their vote until the next election and eventually, forever AND
WHEREAS one of the members of the electoral commission is a party leader, causing discomfort to some citizens
THEREFORE the ZIU resolves to amend the Organic Law, pending a referendum to approve it, in the following manner:
Article VII: Election to the Cosâ, Section 6 will get a new sub-section 1 which reads as follows:
6.1: Secret votes cast using a secure, electronic voting system for which a confirmation receipt is available to the voters and which the voters can validate themselves shall not have their content (Cosa votes, Senate votes, Provincial votes and Referendum votes) revealed to the electoral commission provided that the identifiers and technical information used to vote are still available to them. Any member of the electoral commission may request that the content of an automated ballot be still reviewed by the electoral commission as a whole if they suspect a problem occurred with that specific vote.
In a nutshell, then, votes that have been cast using the Database shall be made exempt from review by the Electoral Commission. This bill has been proposed by the SecState Furxheir, and the Senator for Atatürk Pinatsch. I tend towards a dubious per but I am not sure of it, yet. For example, why are Cosa and Senate votes mentioned? They always were, and still are, public.
RZ2 - The Democratic Amendment
Whereas the current wording of the OrgLaw is interpreted by different people in different ways, and
Whereas amendments to the OrgLaw have been approved by a majority of both houses of the Ziu, including at least a 2/3rds majority of the Cosa and by the people of Talossa in a referendum, and
Whereas the King should not have the power to effectively permanently veto these amendments, and
Whereas granting the King this power would render much of Talossas vibrant ideological discussions irrelevant, now
Therefore Article XV, Section 1 of the Organic Law, which currently reads:
"An amendment to the Organic Law may be made by proclamation by the King where so authorized by:
* A vote of two-thirds in both chambers of the Ziu, and
* Approval of the majority of voters participating in a referendum on the question of the amendment no later than during the next scheduled general election following the approval of the Ziu.
* Proposed changes to this Organic Law that affect the representation of a province in the Senäts, or of the territory or equal sovereignty of a province, shall only be passed with the approval of a majority of participating voters in that province.", will be amended to read:
"An amendment to the Organic Law shall be made by proclamation by the King where so authorized by:
* A vote of two-thirds in both chambers of the Ziu, and
* Approval of the majority of voters participating in a referendum on the question of the amendment no later than during the next scheduled general election following the approval of the Ziu.
* Proposed changes to this Organic Law that affect the representation of a province in the Senäts, or of the territory or equal sovereignty of a province, shall only be passed with the approval of a majority of participating voters in that province.
* If the King does not make such a proclamation within two weeks of the amendment being authorised, the amendment to the OrgLaw will be considered in effect and the OrgLaw accordingly amended.
* In accordance with Article X, Section 6 of the OrgLaw, the King retains the right to reject an amendment that has been approved by the Cosa and the Senäts before its ratification by referendum."
Whereas amendments to the OrgLaw have been approved by a majority of both houses of the Ziu, including at least a 2/3rds majority of the Cosa and by the people of Talossa in a referendum, and
Whereas the King should not have the power to effectively permanently veto these amendments, and
Whereas granting the King this power would render much of Talossas vibrant ideological discussions irrelevant, now
Therefore Article XV, Section 1 of the Organic Law, which currently reads:
"An amendment to the Organic Law may be made by proclamation by the King where so authorized by:
* A vote of two-thirds in both chambers of the Ziu, and
* Approval of the majority of voters participating in a referendum on the question of the amendment no later than during the next scheduled general election following the approval of the Ziu.
* Proposed changes to this Organic Law that affect the representation of a province in the Senäts, or of the territory or equal sovereignty of a province, shall only be passed with the approval of a majority of participating voters in that province.", will be amended to read:
"An amendment to the Organic Law shall be made by proclamation by the King where so authorized by:
* A vote of two-thirds in both chambers of the Ziu, and
* Approval of the majority of voters participating in a referendum on the question of the amendment no later than during the next scheduled general election following the approval of the Ziu.
* Proposed changes to this Organic Law that affect the representation of a province in the Senäts, or of the territory or equal sovereignty of a province, shall only be passed with the approval of a majority of participating voters in that province.
* If the King does not make such a proclamation within two weeks of the amendment being authorised, the amendment to the OrgLaw will be considered in effect and the OrgLaw accordingly amended.
* In accordance with Article X, Section 6 of the OrgLaw, the King retains the right to reject an amendment that has been approved by the Cosa and the Senäts before its ratification by referendum."
Basically, we take away the King's veto powers of a democratically approved amendment to the Organic Law, whereof the existence was a big question mark hovering in the Kingdom up until now. The bill has been proposed by Furxheir, Pinatsch, MC of MRPT Lüc da Schir, PM and MC of the FreeDem Xheraltescù, MC of TSP Zavala-Sherby, and MC of MRPT Plätschisch.
I tend towards a strong per.
RZ3 - We had a short Amendment buried in a larger One Act
We Had a Short Amendment Buried in a Larger One Act
WHEREAS, Before the last General Election, Article VIII, Section 5 of the Organic Law read, "Each MC will represent, for ceremonial purposes, a particular geographical "constituency." The exact procedure will be determined by law.", and
WHEREAS, In 2012 we fixed the "will represent" problem by passing a law (44RZ25) declaring that those who wish to represent a particular constituency need only declare such representation, and that those who do not choose a particular constituency shall be deemed to represent the Kingdom as a whole, and
WHEREAS, The author of an omnibus amendment to change various parts of election law decided that 44RZ25 had no effect, and despite it being unnecessary, he decided to amend Article VIII Section 5, and
WHEREAS, His omnibus amendment was passed, ratified, and proclaimed, and
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5 of the Organic Law now reads, "Each MC may represent, for ceremonial purposes, a particular geographical "constituency." The exact procedure will be determined by law.", and
WHEREAS, When El Lexhatx was created, 44RZ25 was incorporated into the code, but only the portion which read "Any Member of Cosa that does not wish to or fails to choose a particular constituency to represent shall be deemed to be representing The Kingdom of Talossa and its citizens as a whole." (H.10), and
WHEREAS, H.10 of El Lexhatx now conflicts with the recent changes to Organic Law, because MCs no longer need to be "deemed" to represent a particular constituency, and
WHEREAS, We still need to prescribe the exact procedure for representing a constituency for those who do wish to represent one, and
WHEREAS, In keeping with the "Short Act" traditions, I have once again tried to make this as not-short as possible, and
WHEREAS, I believe I have accomplished that goal, NOW
THEREFORE, Section H, Subsection 10 of El Lexhatx which currently reads:
10. Any Member of Cosa that does not wish to or fails to choose a particular constituency to represent shall be deemed to be representing The Kingdom of Talossa and its citizens as a whole.
shall be amended to read:
10. Members of Cosa shall be free to represent any constituency within the geographic boundaries of the Kingdom of Talossa including any and all of its territories and overseas colonies. Any Member wishing to represent a constituency shall publicly declare such representation before the conclusion of the first Clark following a General Election.
WHEREAS, Before the last General Election, Article VIII, Section 5 of the Organic Law read, "Each MC will represent, for ceremonial purposes, a particular geographical "constituency." The exact procedure will be determined by law.", and
WHEREAS, In 2012 we fixed the "will represent" problem by passing a law (44RZ25) declaring that those who wish to represent a particular constituency need only declare such representation, and that those who do not choose a particular constituency shall be deemed to represent the Kingdom as a whole, and
WHEREAS, The author of an omnibus amendment to change various parts of election law decided that 44RZ25 had no effect, and despite it being unnecessary, he decided to amend Article VIII Section 5, and
WHEREAS, His omnibus amendment was passed, ratified, and proclaimed, and
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5 of the Organic Law now reads, "Each MC may represent, for ceremonial purposes, a particular geographical "constituency." The exact procedure will be determined by law.", and
WHEREAS, When El Lexhatx was created, 44RZ25 was incorporated into the code, but only the portion which read "Any Member of Cosa that does not wish to or fails to choose a particular constituency to represent shall be deemed to be representing The Kingdom of Talossa and its citizens as a whole." (H.10), and
WHEREAS, H.10 of El Lexhatx now conflicts with the recent changes to Organic Law, because MCs no longer need to be "deemed" to represent a particular constituency, and
WHEREAS, We still need to prescribe the exact procedure for representing a constituency for those who do wish to represent one, and
WHEREAS, In keeping with the "Short Act" traditions, I have once again tried to make this as not-short as possible, and
WHEREAS, I believe I have accomplished that goal, NOW
THEREFORE, Section H, Subsection 10 of El Lexhatx which currently reads:
10. Any Member of Cosa that does not wish to or fails to choose a particular constituency to represent shall be deemed to be representing The Kingdom of Talossa and its citizens as a whole.
shall be amended to read:
10. Members of Cosa shall be free to represent any constituency within the geographic boundaries of the Kingdom of Talossa including any and all of its territories and overseas colonies. Any Member wishing to represent a constituency shall publicly declare such representation before the conclusion of the first Clark following a General Election.
Submitted by the much-respected Senator for Maricopa, Dien Tresplet, this bill seeks to reintroduce constituency representation of Members of the Cosă, which, apparently, went under in the Lexhatx. I don't have an opinion about this bill; I guess it may be nice. So, whatever the majority of M&Mers say, goes. If nobody says anything, I'll abstain.
RZ4 - The Easy Conversions Act
WHEREAS the whole world uses the Metric system for the exception of the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar, and
WHEREAS multiplying and dividing by 10 is very easy because we use a base-10 number system, and
WHEREAS the Imperial system is so convoluted that even math enthusiasts can't keep track of it all, and
WHEREAS it is easy to know that there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer, but not so easy to know that there 63,360 inches in a mile, and
WHEREAS NASA once lost $125 million because Lockheed Martin used Imperial units instead of the agreed-upon Metric units, and
WHEREAS we would not want the same thing happening to our own scientific pursuits
THEREFORE the twenty-ninth section of Title F of el Lexhatx, which currently reads:
The sole official system of weights and measures within the Kingdom of Talossa is the so-called "American" or English System.
Shall be replaced in full by the following:
The official system of weights and measures within the Kingdom of Talossa is the Metric System. However, the Fahrenheit scale shall be the official temperature scale of the Kingdom of Talossa, though it is recognized that the Celsius scale is far superior for scientific endeavors.
WHEREAS multiplying and dividing by 10 is very easy because we use a base-10 number system, and
WHEREAS the Imperial system is so convoluted that even math enthusiasts can't keep track of it all, and
WHEREAS it is easy to know that there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer, but not so easy to know that there 63,360 inches in a mile, and
WHEREAS NASA once lost $125 million because Lockheed Martin used Imperial units instead of the agreed-upon Metric units, and
WHEREAS we would not want the same thing happening to our own scientific pursuits
THEREFORE the twenty-ninth section of Title F of el Lexhatx, which currently reads:
The sole official system of weights and measures within the Kingdom of Talossa is the so-called "American" or English System.
Shall be replaced in full by the following:
The official system of weights and measures within the Kingdom of Talossa is the Metric System. However, the Fahrenheit scale shall be the official temperature scale of the Kingdom of Talossa, though it is recognized that the Celsius scale is far superior for scientific endeavors.
Ian Plätschisch, MC-MRPT, has proposed this bill. I basically support it, with the minor cringeworthy part of exempting the use of Fahrenheit. I will support this bill, unless I find major opposition to it in this Province. But maybe, in the future, one might push to have Talossa use the degrees-Celsius scale officially.
You may write your thoughts down in this thread, or send me a message on the boards, or contact me on Facebook - for those, who befriended me on Facebook, that is.
Please make sure to answer me by Monday, the 13th of this month of July, so that we still have time for discussions, if need should arise.