(02-13-2017, 08:52 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Well, how about we don't establish as a political "normal" decisions being made via back-room deals? How about instead of conducting primaries and nominations processes among select groups, the whole body of the Assembly gathers and considers all candidates for office? And then everyone votes based upon their own views and opinions, rather than as part of a part-political process. We just stick with the basic assumption that decisions are made by everyone collectively, via the Assembly rather than some other shadowy process that some but not all legislators get to take part in.

You have political parties in the region. It's naive to think they won't decide how to vote.

(02-13-2017, 08:52 PM)Belschaft Wrote: institutionalising what we all used to agree was a bad thing.

I don't remember us every agreeing that parties deciding who to endorse is a bad thing.

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Honestly, and I don't mean that in a snarky way, what's the point of this thread? If no bill will be submitted, what's the point of going in circles? What do you assume will happen, that party members will suddenly break and say you were right all along? I mean, it seems like a wasted effort, because people in both sides strongly believe what they do, and nobody is offering a solution that the Assembly could vote on, which is, after all, it's raison d'être.