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RZ7 - The Almost Real Amendment

Published in Clark #1

WHEREAS there is currently little competition for Cosâ seats, and

 

WHEREAS this might be because there are more Cosâ seats than citizens, and

 

WHEREAS the result of this is that parties that barely get any votes can still be elected in the Cosâ, and

 

WHEREAS because of this there is little incentive for very small parties to work together, and

 

WHEREAS another result of the ridiculous amount of seats is that large parties are able to distribute near unlimited amounts of seats to candidates, and

 

WHEREAS these problems could be solved by switching to a real Cosâ, and

 

WHEREAS to realistically require parties to assign all their seats to different persons the size of the Cosâ needs to be reduced to about 20 seats, and

 

WHEREAS this would significantly reduce the proportionality of the Cosâ, and

 

WHEREAS this could be solved by not reducing the Cosâ but instead waiting for the population to increase, and

 

WHEREAS it will take an eternity for the population to increase enough to result in a real 200 seat Cosâ, and

 

WHEREAS a Cosâ of about 60 seats might be the best of both worlds, and

 

WHEREAS this would not significantly affect the proportionality of the Cosâ, but still increase competition for Cosâ seats, and

 

WHEREAS 60, unlike 200, can be divided by three, which might be useful, since 2/3rds of the Cosâ is an important threshold, now

 

THEREFORE Article VIII, Section 1 of the Organic Law, which previously read: “The Cosâ is composed of 200 seats, apportioned among political parties based on their performance in the General Election” will be amended to read: “The Cosâ is composed of 60 seats, apportioned among political parties based on their performance in the General Election” ;

 

FURTHERMORE Article VIII Section 3, which previously read: “Seats won by each party shall be divided by that party among its own members and supporters as it sees fit, with the proviso that each Member of the Cosâ may hold no more than thirty seats.”, will be amended to read: “Seats won by each party shall be divided by that party among its own members and supporters as it sees fit, with the proviso that each Member of the Cosâ may hold no more than nine seats and seats must be assigned as a whole and cannot be divided among multiple MC's."

45th Cosâ, Clark #1 results		Amendment?	Ziu	Cosâ				Senäts
Bill	Title		Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result
RZ7	The Almost Real Amendment	No (double majority needed)	Fail	0	0	0	Fail	0	0	0	Fail