A2301.01 [2304.AB] Cultural Act Rewrite

A2301.01 | Cultural Act Rewrite


Legislators of the South Pacific,

There has been a seconded motion to amend the Cultural Act. The debate thread can be found here.

This is an amendment to general legislation, according to the Legislative Procedure Act requiring a majority greater than 50% to pass. The voting period will be 3 days, thus concluding on Mon Jan 30 2023 02:00:00 UTC (02:00 in London, 21:00 on Jan 29 in New York, 13:00 in Sydney).

(2023-01-27T02:00:00Z2023-01-30T02:00:00Z)

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 discussions belong in the debate thread and should be posted there.

The text of the bill is as follows, modified slightly to simplify the added/removed text:


Should this amendment be passed?
  • Aye
  • Nay
  • Abstain
0 voters

Voting thread pinned until voting period ends on 30th January at 02:00.

A2301.01 | Cultural Act Rewrite Failed


Final Result

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This amendment required a 50% majority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:

Type Tally Percentage of Vote Final Percentage
Ayes 1 1.9% 2.2%
Nays 44 83% 97.8%
Abstentions 8 15.1%
Total 53 48.6% of Legislators
Absent 56 51.4% of Legislators

In light of these results, the proposal fails, having fallen short of the required majority.

Vote has failed, this thread no longer needs to be open.