There has been a seconded motion to adopt the proposed amendments to both the Charter and the Military Code. The debate thread can be found here.
INFORMATION
This is an amendment to two different pieces of legislation, including constitutional legislation. According to the Legislative Procedure Act, this vote shall require a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days, thus concluding on Thursday, February 15.
2024-02-10T12:45:00Z→2024-02-15T12:45:00Z
IMPORTANT
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 following proposed amendments are below:
Amendments to the Charter
Amendments to the Military Code
A2402.01| Military Code and Charter Changes Failed
Final Result
This amendment to legislation, including constitutional legislation required a 60% supermajority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:
Caucus
Aye
Nay
Abstain
Percentage of Vote
The Cakeists
2
3
1
20.7%
The Pieists
0
0
2
6.9%
The Ice Creamists
3
4
0
24.1%
Independent
3
8
3
48.3%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
8
27.6%
34.8%
Nays
15
51.7%
65.2%
Abstentions
6
20.7%
Total
29
74.4% of Legislators
Absent
10
25.6% of Legislators
In light of these results, the amendments fail, having not reached the required supermajority.
