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Aye
78.57%
33 78.57%
Nay
2.38%
1 2.38%
Abstain
19.05%
8 19.05%
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[PASSED] Amendments to the Law Standards Act (Amendment formatting)
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Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Articles 3, 5, and Addendum 1 of the Law Standards Act.

The debate thread can be found here.

A motion and a second have been received to bring this amendment to a vote.

As this is a general law amendment, the voting period is three days and will require a simple majority of those voting in favour to pass, with the exception of abstentions. The vote will end on the 9th of February, 2019, at 8:50 a.m. (UTC).

Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussion belong in the debate thread and may be moved there.

Text of the Proposal Wrote:
Law Standards Act
 
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3. Amendments and Repeals

(1) The standard format for an amendment will be to note which law, article, and section of a law is being amended, and to quote only that part of the law.

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(4) Ellipses will be used to indicate an intentional omission of a whole article, section, or sub-section.

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5. Reformatting of Laws and Legislation

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(3) The Chair of the Assembly may renumber articles, sections, and sub-sections where appropriate.

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Addendum 1 – Example of an Amendment

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THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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IV. THE LOCAL COUNCIL

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7. The Local Council representative will have the power to cast have an additional weighted block vote worth of one-fifth 20% of all non-abstaining votes cast on bills, not including the block vote, giving them a one-sixth share of the total vote, excluding abstentions. The Chair will calculate how many votes are allotted to the representative at the close of each vote, rounding them to the nearest whole number, and will then add the representative’s total votes to the final tally.
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AMENDMENTS PASSED

9 February 2019

(A1902.04)

Legislators,

Please be advised that the vote to amend Articles 3, 5, and Addendum 1 of the Law Standards Act has passed.

The final tally is 33 in favour, 1 in opposition, with 8 abstaining, for a total of 42 votes.

The vote was passed with 97.1% voting in favour, exceeding the requirement for a simple majority of those voting with the exclusion of abstentions.

A spreadsheet of the vote breakdown is attached for your convenience.


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