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***sandaoguo*** · 07-30-2016, 12:48 PM

Your Honor, if I may.

I have no opinion on the merits of allowing or disallowing fraction votes.

However, if we do allow them, the Court must consider what then counts as a majority. We typically define a majority at 50% + 1. Would that mean 50.8% is or is not a majority? Under a fractional voting system, would the definition of majority be "greater than 50%"? Or is this an issue that the Assembly must decide?

Thank you, your Honor.

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Ryccia · 07-30-2016, 01:20 PM

Amicus Brief on 50% + 1

Your Honor,

There is no such thing as "50 + 1" in our current Charter. Therefore, a "simple majority" could be anything more than 50.0. Even though the region has traditionally viewed it as such, the law is clear, and it says "simple majority", unlike "50% + 1" in our previous Charter.

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Feirmont · 08-01-2016, 03:03 PM

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August 1st, 2016

Petitioner

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Presiding Justice

Feirmont

Mr. Justice the Charter states the following in article IV

Quote:7. The Local Council representative will have a weighted vote of 20% of all non-abstaining votes cast on bills. The Chair will calculate how many votes are allotted to the representative at the close of each vote, and then add the representative’s total votes to the final tally.

My question is as follows: is this vote total meant to be rounded or is it meant to be exactly 20% of all non-abstaining votes?

Thank you for the clarification.

Opinion

Until the discussion and Assembly approval of a specific rounding system, or a rounding system at all, it is the opinion of the Court that the wording here in the Charter should be taken as an unrounded 20%. Thus, the law is taken for word in this situation, and the Assembly may or may not debate how the Local Council vote is determined in Assembly matters.

On the topic of majority: I would ask that a separate Legal Question be posed, as to give others the opportunity to present Amicus Briefs on that matter.

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