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If you're worried about having the seat limit or whatever reverted immediately, don't be. I'm more so concerned that every small modification to the voting system itself would only take effect on the election after the next one, which would make "bug-fixing" it more problematic.

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Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on June 03, 2026, 12:02:08 AMThe citizen in question is free to submit an updated photo if they would like, yes. :P

Alright, whenever I'll get myself to take a decent photo, I'll send it over.

FWIW, this is still on my radar so that a bill can be Clarked in the Sixth Clark.

I'm currently beginning to draft something that incorporates both Litz's draft and what I assume is the general agreement that there should be a couple mailers during election time only - I'm thinking one mailer allowed immediately after registering, and one or two mailers allowed in the actual balloting fortnight, with perhaps an additional provision to have the Chancery keep a (read only, replies allowed on separate threads) running Wittenberg thread of mailers as they get sent out.

I thought about leaving more of it to statute, but the problem with a difficult compromise bill like this one is that we're each going to have parts that aren't our ideal, and it's important to put them out of reach of statute for it to be credible.

We also do big bills like this very regularly -- the OrgLaw just isn't that hard to modify if there's a real consensus behind the change.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on June 03, 2026, 01:41:03 AMBut, @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP , do you think this would authorise SPAV to be brought in by statute as well?

It would not. The phrasings used throughout make it clear that the system has to feature voting for and assigning seats to party lists in some capacity, which SPAV (as well as STV and other candidate-based systems) lacks. I'm generally pretty skeptical of enshrining the minutia of the voting system into the Organic Law directly, rather than deferring these details to statute.

The PA is likely to facilitate the passage of the original version of this bill with absententions while registering symbolic disapproval. If that does not happen then I will move forward with throwing this bill into the next Clark and prepare for "disreputable" comments when folks vote No or Aus and add another exhibit for the next election.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 03, 2026, 07:15:27 AMI'm not sure we'd want to block someone from doing that, though, especially considering the exact circumstances you're referencing: people conflicted out of their secretarial positions who are being returned to those positions.

Yes. A good point. I reiterate we also need to stop this paranoia-based style of legislating.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on June 02, 2026, 07:57:19 AMGreens will be educating voters on the Uniparty that has governed Talossa over the last few months. This will be an effort to counter the inevitable branding exercise by Talossa's grand coalition.

I don't usually look forward to elections these days as I think in Talossa they tend to bring forth negative personal qualities. This time is different. I am genuinely excited to  help review one of the odder Cosa terms in recent memory so a fast one is not pulled on less active Talossans.