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Poll: Should the below act be adopted?
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Aye
69.70%
23 69.70%
Nay
15.15%
5 15.15%
Abstain
15.15%
5 15.15%
Total 33 vote(s) 100%
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PASSED: Political Parties Act
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The following legislation has received a motion and a second. Legislators may vote Aye, Nay or abstain from voting. The vote will remain open for 3 days and this bill will only require a 50%+1 majority in favor in order to become law.

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Political Parties Act

An act outlining political parties and their benefits.

1. Defining Political Parties

(1) A political party is any group of people in The South Pacific, counting at least as many members as senior Cabinet officials, who organize together in an official association for political or electoral purposes.

(2) Associations for purposes other than politics, including satirical, social, or casual groups, do not qualify as political parties under this Act.

2. Rights of Political Parties

(1) Political parties have the right to exist without undue government interference, per the freedom of assembly guaranteed in Article III of the Charter.

(2) Political parties have the right to engage in coordinated legislative and electoral efforts, without fear of reprisal from any government official.

(3) Political parties have the right to conduct business in private, without the arbitrary interference of the government or arbitrarily being compelled to publish private communications.

3. Benefits to Active Political Parties

(1) Political parties that maintain an accurate public membership roster, and field at least one member for public office in an election per year, qualify for a dedicated public and private subforum.

(2) Political parties may petition the Chair of the Assembly for approval for a subforum. The Chair of the Assembly will verify the qualifications of the party, and if the party meets those qualifications, notify the Forum Administration to create the party's dedication subforum.

(3) Dedicated party subforums will consist of two parts--
(a) a public top-level subforum, where the party must post its membership roster;
(b) a password-protected subforum, which will have the necessary permissions to ensure non-members cannot read threads without authorization.

4. Archival of Inactive Subforums

(1) The Forum Administration will non-destructively archive political party subforums if the requirements listed in Article 3 are no longer met.

(2) Inactive political parties may petition the Chair of the Assembly for revival of their archived subforums, under the same process outlined in Article 3.
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#2

Voted!
#3

I voted aye.
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#4

I assign the regional block vote to Aye.
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#5

Aye
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#6

Aye
#7

With 23 Ayes, 5 Nays, 5 abstentions, plus the Local Council block vote of 5.6 in favour, the Political Parties Act passes with 85.119047619% of approval and 14.880952381% of disapproval.
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Local Council Member(April 24-August 11)

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