Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:26:43 PMWe use RCV for the Senats, but I don't know how you have parliamentary democracy without party politics. Also that might be a bridge too far for right now. I don't know, though?
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 04:06:49 PMQuote from: Mximo Malt on Yesterday at 03:07:31 PMQuote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on Yesterday at 01:31:13 PMQuote from: Mximo Malt on April 28, 2026, 06:03:09 PMWhen did we start doing this?When did we start doing what, exactly?
Reduced Cosă seats
It is not a good look for potential voters that you apparently didn't have a good look at 62RZ11 before you voted on it
Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on Yesterday at 04:37:23 PMQuote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 26, 2026, 05:49:25 PMI know that we keep citizenship eligibility at 14 for historical reasons but we should consider a minimum age limit for being an MZ. I would suggest 18 or 21 (if this does not run afoul of the OrgLaw). If we are serious about making structural improvements to the Ziu then it might be worth considering whether 14 or 16 is generally just too young to effectively participate in national decision-making.In my humble opinion, this would be terrible.
ADDED: I mean no offense to our youngest citizens but wanted to broach the topic.
I totally get why we might not want to have minors here at all (even though it would be unfortunate given our founding), but assuming they are here, why would we not want them to participate in the thing most people find the most interesting? The stakes of "national decision making" are, all things considered, much to low to allow for that.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on April 27, 2026, 05:55:36 PMQuote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 27, 2026, 04:44:12 PMlet's say that Party A won 50%, Party B won 25%, and Party C won 25%. In a 20-seat Cosa, that's 10 seats for A, 5 seats for B, and 5 seats for C. But if B won six of the provincial seats, then they'd have 30% (more than their share of the national vote) and so A and B would need extra until things were proportional.
You could do it that way, but that's the harder way. The simpler option would be to just live with the overhang. Let's say A and C both won 1 province. Then, Party A gets 9 party list seats (to sum up to 10) and Party C gets 4 seats (to sum up to 5). So that's a total Cosa of 21 seats. Party B gets a small bonus.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on April 28, 2026, 05:12:28 PMAnother thing which has been glossed over so far is the other side of the coin re: "giving voters effective control over who sits in the Ziu", and that is making sure party seats (as far as practicable) go to candidates whose names were on the ballot and who the voters were aware of. Considering the Seneschal has previously talked about taking a Cort case to declare party lists unconstitutional, that's something we have to sort out right now.
The current standard of "maximum 33% off-list" is a bare minimum, perhaps with an OrgLaw amendment to render it constitutional to the Seneschal's standards. I'd prefer 25% or even 20%; I understand that some wiggle-room is acceptable.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 26, 2026, 05:49:25 PMI know that we keep citizenship eligibility at 14 for historical reasons but we should consider a minimum age limit for being an MZ. I would suggest 18 or 21 (if this does not run afoul of the OrgLaw). If we are serious about making structural improvements to the Ziu then it might be worth considering whether 14 or 16 is generally just too young to effectively participate in national decision-making.In my humble opinion, this would be terrible.
ADDED: I mean no offense to our youngest citizens but wanted to broach the topic.