(10-12-2018, 06:46 AM)Roavin Wrote: No private votes would have been mildly inconvenient, but not a showstopper. I'd probably vote for this if it's part of another change, but otherwise, I'm not sure I can get myself to care enough.

Since we're talking about changes, how about some laws about campaigning? DM campaigning restrictions can't be enforced but if revealed they can be prosecuted. For reasons why we may want to legislate this, just look at #legislators-lounge yesterday.

Restricting DM campaigning is just a patch whose purpose is to hide the problem when it comes to fixing the issue with manipulating legislators. The root problem lies at legislators not being informed enough on our politics. A majority of our new legislators doesn't have a clue about our basic institutions and electoral systems let alone on complex political matters we are discussing. 

The root problem can be fixed by having a better integration system. Dispatches and articles that explain our political system and frequently-updated newspapers that inform people on current matters. TNP, Europeia, and similar regions have this so a populist like IoU will not even make it pass 20% of the votes. You don't need to take examples in NationStates, real-life examples are sufficient at proving how the combination of an uninformed public and a democracy is terrible.