For my part I simply can't make the draft on Saturday, but I've got my preferred list put in to the computer, so it will pick what it can.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on September 25, 2024, 05:12:00 PMQuote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on September 25, 2024, 04:42:06 PMIf we were to move to an MMP Cosa, it may make it possible to hold "mid-term" elections, so to speak.
Electing provincial seats separately from list seats would make it not MMP, but its much less proportional cousin Parallel Voting. Speaking strictly for myself, I would oppose such a system.
Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on September 25, 2024, 10:59:02 AMMore predictable elections, for example, might be a good thing... but not by making them so less frequent. Talossans love elections. They're the time people are most interested in Talossa. If we have fewer elections, it won't magically force people to learn the language or start a newspaper... they'll just be less interested in Talossa!Given that predictability would imply a fixed schedule, is your solution then to increase the frequency of elections?
QuoteThe Crown provision would just "trade" the current very weak veto for nothing, unless you're saying the king would have the power to pick any Seneschal they please -- and that'd be too much power for the monarch.A 2/3 threshold is in fact quite strong. Even the proposed threshold is not something the incumbent Government could overcome; no government since the Schiva III Cabinet (during the 55th Cosa) would have had those numbers. As a result, the override still requires opposition support outside of an overwhelming electoral mandate.
QuoteWe already have barely any checks in our system to curtail a Government. They have steadily vanished over the years. This would eliminate yet another. This is a serious problem.The best solution would be to move to a model of government in which the executive and legislature are separated. Thankfully, we have a party dedicated to advocating for that.
QuoteFrom the look of things, in Option 1 we'd expect Fiova to have as many seats as Maritiimi-Maxhestic and Florencia combined. And Maricopa would have twice as many seats as Vuode.Yes, this is how apportionment by population works. The tradeoff is that this makes an individual voter in M-M more powerful when it comes to selecting who earns their province's seats.
QuoteLikewise, it also seems like a problem that Option 2 gives no reason for anyone to care about Vuode's interests as a province.A fair concern, though as the Cosa is currently constructed, this is also the case. I will freely admit that Option 1 is my preferred of the two systems.
QuoteIf you want to transition into this system, fine, but it's unwise to give any credence to the idea that they need to be compensated for their fee.I think it equally unwise to simply say "hey, we're pulling the rug out from underneath you now". This is a one-time, transitional measure, and is meant as a compromise and acknowledgement to incumbent Senators.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 24, 2024, 11:41:52 PMQuote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on September 23, 2024, 02:34:07 AMMCs may petition the Chancery for official recognition / "parliamentary status" for a new party in the middle of a Cosa term.
- Each MC who defects from their original party forfeits half of their personally-assigned seats to do so (which, as all their seats do, return to the original party).
- Each MC may not defect more than once per Cosa term.
For goodness sakes, yes.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 24, 2024, 11:41:52 PMI would suggest that this should also be applied to questions of Cosa reform. "Big-pants" countries have put electoral reform to a referendum. I believe this occurred for MMP in New Zealand in the 1990s and again in the 2010s?
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 24, 2024, 11:41:52 PMWith the current FreeDems composition of the Senats you are NEVER going to get them to support this. Open Society gives it a thumbs up though.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 24, 2024, 11:41:52 PMLong-term whether we have a president or a king, Open Society supports the preservation of some reserve powers for the head of state, with the stipulation that their use is limited, to extraordinary circumstances.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 24, 2024, 11:41:52 PMNotes for potential addition:
-(CRL Abolition) Luc has made an important point concerning the CRL. The Scribery or some other body would be a more elegant solution to the problem the CRL was proposed to solve.
-(Mandatory Live Cosa Session) We really need to make better use of technology to connect. In combination with longer parliamentary terms we should have one live session (during the middle of the term perhaps) where we actually have direct terpelaziuns and ministerial reports. Let's be honest it is fun and notable when we actually get to see one another even if we nurture dislike of the words we see from each other.
Quote-(No Directorate?!) Color me shocked there is no suggestion for a directorial republic.
QuoteOne more note:The Smiling Sun is ripe for parody. It seemed a natural fit.
I am highly amused by the "King? No, thank you" logo.
Quote from: GV on September 25, 2024, 12:31:48 AMIf at all possible, we should set up computer-systems to simulate elections with whatever MMP-Cosâ we can dream up. I'm no good with such things, but this is 2024, and putting things together like this has honestly never been easier. In fact, I urge the Powers-that-Be to strongly consider digital simulations of such new-Cosâ setups.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on September 23, 2024, 08:23:03 PM[...] and I'm in favour of unicameralism/an MMP Cosă if it can be done with minimal fuss.
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on September 23, 2024, 08:10:08 AMIf it were to be instituted retroactively I would immediately lose my citizenship. [...] I know I am not intelligent enough to hold any office higher than that which I hold now (senator).
Quote from: Sir Lüc on September 12, 2024, 12:56:36 PM(I personally think the Scribery should just hire a deputy instead of needlessly cross-breeding different branches of the Civil Service)
Quote from: xpb on August 30, 2024, 11:55:13 AMI will work up a prototype of a challenge coin that could be a commemorative item - I can lasercut acrylic to be similar in size to a poker chip with an appropriate graphic etched. These could be produced in quantity and witha material on hand such that any citizen could request just with required postage and the new Monarch could have a supply dispense for meetings or good works.