Poll: Should the following amendment be adopted?

Bzerneleg · 03-10-2019, 06:19 AM

Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 1 of the Legislator Committee 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 constitutional law amendment, the voting period is five days and will require a three-fifths supermajority of those voting in favour to pass, with the exception of abstentions. The vote will end on the 15^th of March, 2019, at 10:20 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 bill Wrote:1. Scope

(3) A member of the Legislator Committee is removed from the committee if
a. a reconfirmation vote held every four months does not achieve a simple majority, orb a. the member resigns, or
c b. the member loses legislator eligibility, or
d c. the member is recalled by the Assembly through regular order.

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Nat · 03-10-2019, 08:40 AM

As the Legislator Committee Act is a constitutional law (Article 4 of the Legislator Committee Act), isn't the voting period required to be 5 days (Article 1, Section 3 of the Legislative Procedure Act) and a 60% supermajority required to amend (Article 1, Section 4 of the Legislative Procedure Act)? Sorry if this is not the right place to put this concern.

Former Associate Justice of the High Court of the South Pacific (4 December 2019 to 5 February 2021)

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Bzerneleg · 03-10-2019, 09:00 AM

(03-10-2019, 08:40 AM)Nat Wrote: As the Legislator Committee Act is a constitutional law (Article 4 of the Legislator Committee Act), isn't the voting period required to be 5 days (Article 1, Section 3 of the Legislative Procedure Act) and a 60% supermajority required to amend (Article 1, Section 4 of the Legislative Procedure Act)? Sorry if this is not the right place to put this concern.

I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you and all other Legislators. I shall make changes accordingly very soon. Thank you for pointing out the issue!

BZERNELEG

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Bzerneleg · 03-15-2019, 05:42 AM

LEGISLATION PASSED

15 March 2019

(A1903.01)

Legislators,

Please be advised that the vote to amend Article 1 of the Legislator Committee Act has passed.

The final tally is 20 in favour, 5 in opposition, with 11 abstaining, for a total of 36 votes.

The vote was passed with 80% voting in favour, exceeding the requirement for a three-fifths supermajority of those voting with the exclusion of abstentions.

A spreadsheet of the vote breakdown will be attached soon for your convenience.

(This post was last modified: 03-15-2019, 05:42 AM by Bzerneleg.)

Poll: Should the following amendment be adopted? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Aye	55.56%	20	55.56%
Nay	13.89%	5	13.89%
Abstain	30.56%	11	30.56%
Total		36 vote(s)	100%