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Should the World Factbook Entry Act be adopted as law?

Yes
4 (40%)
No
5 (50%)
Abstain
1 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: June 27, 2011, 04:54:43 AM

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Offline Gulliver

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Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« on: June 23, 2011, 01:16:33 AM »
Original petition.

Quote from: WFE Act

In order to put Taijitu's best foot forward in facing the world of NationStates, the following Act shall govern Taijitu's World Factbook Entry and Tags.

1. The World Factbook Entry shall be as below:
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[b][color=blue]Welcome to the free region of [/color][url=http://www.taijitu.org][color=black]Taijitu[/color][/url][color=blue], a utopia for those fleeing oppression, or simply wanting to enjoy the game of NationStates! [/color]

Get involved:[/b]
• Join our [url=http://forum.taijitu.org]offsite forums[/url]!
• Chat on our [url=http://irc.taijitu.org]IRC channel[/url]!
• Contribute to our [url=http://wiki.taijitu.org]wiki[/url]!

[b]Current government:[/b]
• [color=blue]Delegate:[/color] [nation]Sovereign Dixie[/nation]
• [color=red]Speaker: [/color][nation]gimmerwalc[/nation]
• [color=purple]Chief Justice:[/color] [nation]Gullivania[/nation]

[b]For more help, try our [url=http://wiki.taijitu.org/wiki/Guide]guide[/url].

World Assembly nations, please endorse Delegate [nation]Sovereign Dixie[/nation] and Vice Delegate [nation]Red Kagran[/nation].[/b]
2. The custom Tags of Taijitu shall be Map, Democratic, Offsite Forums, Role Player, Regional Government, and World Assembly.

3. The Delegate may, with the consent of the Speaker, add a list of announcements to the World Factbook Entry. These announcements must be between the link to the guide and the exhortation to endorse the Delegate. The announcements must not be bold or colorful.
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Offline Gulliver

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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 04:57:33 AM »
Option to abstain added.
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 06:51:02 AM »
I believe this to be over-legislating an aspect of regional control that should be at the disposal of the incumbent delegate and his government respectively if needed, an aspect for the founder kreis to intervene into. What if we need the WFE modified to better suit our needs? Will we have to amend a law? Shouldn't we add an incentive to have nations join the WA? Plus I needed glasses to read that damn code, one short-sighted wolf in the forums is enough.
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 08:05:07 AM »
Quote from: PoD Gunner on June 23, 2011, 06:51:02 AM
I believe this to be over-legislating an aspect of regional control that should be at the disposal of the incumbent delegate and his government respectively if needed, an aspect for the founder kreis to intervene into. What if we need the WFE modified to better suit our needs? Will we have to amend a law? Shouldn't we add an incentive to have nations join the WA? Plus I needed glasses to read that damn code, one short-sighted wolf in the forums is enough.

Agreed.

This is over legislation at it's most absurd. I understand that it is important for the region to put it's "best foot forward" but if the Delegate and their cabinet cannot be trusted to formulate a simple WFE entry, then all is truly lost. Also, Regional Tags legislation? Unnecessary to say the absolute least. A one time self expiring law would have been marginally acceptable, this is not.

Adamantly AGAINST.
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Offline Gulliver

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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2011, 06:42:13 PM »
This has been defeated 5 to 4, with 1 abstaining. The threshold for referendums is now at least 6 voting.
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Offline PoD Gunner

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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2011, 08:43:43 AM »
Because 11 voted in this and 6 votes would win it? What happens if only 5 ppl vote in a next referendum?
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2011, 07:01:49 PM »
It fails and the threshold is set to 3.
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2011, 07:12:34 PM »
Quote from: Gulliver on June 28, 2011, 07:01:49 PM
It fails and the threshold is set to 3.

Shouldn't the threshold not change if it doesn't get enough votes?

EDIT:
Quote from: constitution
# A referendum will be valid if a number of voters equal to at least half the number of voters in the last election or valid referendum participate.

Yeah...
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2011, 07:15:31 PM »
I have been shamed. Now stop posting in the thread I already locked >_>
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2011, 07:24:31 PM »
lulz, fantastic lock.
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2011, 07:36:18 PM »
What, this isn't locked? But I remember doing that. Clearly there is a conspiracy afoot.
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Re: Vote: World Factbook Entry Act
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2011, 07:44:38 PM »
Yes I unlocked it after you started having a whole discussion with PoD Gunner. Felt it was unfair to leave the non-admins out.
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