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Quote from: Françal I. Lux on June 02, 2026, 08:45:18 PMWhere can I get the latest numbers on these?

Should be able to find this information in the new database here: https://database.talossa.com/citizenship

Appreciate it!

De rien, Francal.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 12, 2026, 06:09:26 PMOkay, at this point I have printed out 40, which is probably plenty enough for years to come. I'm going to have an announcement sent out to everyone to let them know about the availability, with pictures, and then we'll aim to get them sent out by the end of next month.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 03, 2026, 03:59:32 PMLater this week, we'll make one last appeal for people who might be interested in the award -- probably in an announcement that also loops in the TalossAssistant appeal -- and then we'll get these out to the people who have earned them.

Glad to see some progress on this and I do look forward to the TalossAssistant announcement as the last participant to successfully shepherd an applicant through naturalization.

Edit: Just saw the announcement! Hopefully we get some folks of good repute to apply.

Later this week, we'll make one last appeal for people who might be interested in the award -- probably in an announcement that also loops in the TalossAssistant appeal -- and then we'll get these out to the people who have earned them.

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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.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 07, 2025, 10:48:49 AMI've just learned that is stylish sci-fi series on Apple+ is getting a second season. The first season was so well-contained that I assumed it was a limited series. It is an unusual entry in the genre but a nice blend of mystery, an homage to Old Hollywood, and other items I will refrain from potential spoiling.

I hope others had a chance to catch Season 1 of the fantastic sci-fi show, Sugar, on AppleTV. Just learned Season 2 will premiere on June 19.

More here, including a trailer: https://collider.com/apple-tv-near-perfect-detective-thriller-sugar-season-2-trailer-colin-farrell/

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.