You're correct, i was sleeping the entire time. As for the compromise, i agree on basically all of it. I'd love to see 30% on the veto rights but 40% works too. Three salutes for proportional representation!Zwotstyg wrote:Agreed. All of it sounds good to me. About holding a vote, let's wait for Xin. He usually isn't on much during the day for us; I believe he lives outside the United States, so his time is different from ours (if you're in the US as I am). I could be mistaken; that's my assumption, because he usually isn't on between about 5 PM and 2 AM EST. We'll wait until tomorrow morning/afternoon to give him a chance to read over everything and come to a verdict on the compromise. If he agrees, we probably won't need to vote; if he doesn't, then we will vote.Othelos wrote:- I think 40% is a good idea. So if there's 10 pieces of legislation, only 4 can be vetoed.
- agree on 15%, and two people is fine.
- I think to keep the number down, 4 is good.
Okay, so here is the updated plan we've agreed on/I'm proposing, so far:
- A bill originates in the lower house, which has proportional representation.
- It moves on to the President, who vetoes/accepts it.
- Senate, with four elected reps from each region, reviews it for errors, complaints from the public/minority, and/or unconstitutional parts. If it finds those, it can send the bill back to the lower house for fixes (but not invalidate it). To prevent an endless cycle, this can only happen once. Otherwise, the Senate approves.
- A review committee can review a bill if 15% of a region signs a petition. The bill can be rejected and invalidated if unconstitutional. The people in the committee are appointed by the region's delegate or executive(s).
-Anyone in these positions can be impeached and/or recalled, to maintain checks and balances.
Should we call a vote? Xin hasn't said much...
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