There has been a seconded motion to adopt the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act, to clarify the handling of citizenship applications which lack valid contact information. The debate thread can be found here.
This is an amendment to constitutional legislation, according to the Legislative Procedure Act requiring a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days, thus concluding on Friday November 3rd.
2023-10-29T18:30:00Z→2023-11-03T18:30:00Z
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.
This was an amendment to constitutional legislation, requiring a 60% supermajority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
28
73.7%
90.3%
Nays
3
7.9%
9.7%
Abstentions
7
18.4%
Total
38
53.5% of Legislators
Absent
33
46.5% of Legislators
In light of these results, the proposal passes, having reached the required supermajority.
