(04-09-2016, 09:52 AM)Tsunamy Wrote: Regarding the Cabinet — what if we elected Prime Ministers and "the Cabinet" on a ticket? I'm thinking this would be akin to a party system (theoretically), but with more flexibility. The "ticket" could be:

PM, MoRA, MoFA, MoA and a LC Liaison? Or ... depending how we swing it, the LC could work closer with the CoA — depending on how we decide to break this up. (Ie. if the forums get a vote in legislation, keep LC with the Assembly. Otherwise, include with Cabinet.)

I have a few concerns with joint tickets in general:

• If people run on a joint ticket, it's reasonable to assume close relations and similar views. The Cabinet has powers that it may vote on, so if the entire Cabinet is from a single ticket, they are likely to vote in the same direction with little to no conflict, instead of a representative vote as is desired from a democracy.
  
• I'm not aware of how large the candidate base is (see disclaimer in sig). If it's large, then a joint ticket for the entire cabinet risks increased corruption in the executive for the reasons stated above.
  
• The joint ticket may also affect the fairness of the voting process (particularly with a smaller candidate base). If there's only enough candidates for N tickets, but there are more legitimate candidates than N for one of the positions, then the candidate that the majority would prefer may not be able to get onto one of the tickets and therefore would not be up for vote. Similarly, the candidate may not be able to get onto a "good" ticket (close relations and similar views again), effectively with the same result.
  

I also have concerns over the double ticket of Delegate and Vice-Delegate, in case that the Prime Minister position is not created. If a Prime Minister position is created, though, then the double ticket makes sense for representative reasons, I think.

Regarding the LC liaison's placement, I don't have arguments either way right now but intuitively it would make sense in the Assembly.