There has been a seconded motion to adopt the following amendments which aim to define declarations of war within both the Charter and the Legislative Procedure Act. The debate topic can be found here.
INFORMATION
This is an amendment to 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 Friday, August 9th.
2024-08-04T18:00:00Z→2024-08-09T18:00:00Z
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 amendment(s) in question is as follows:
Amendments to the Charter
Amendments to the Legislative Procedure Act
A2408.02| Declarations of War Amendments (Charter & Legislative Procedure Act) Passed
Final Result
This vote on adopting the following amendments which aim to define declarations of war within both the Charter and the Legislative Procedure Act. 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
7
1
1
25.7%
The Ice Creamists
8
1
1
28.6%
The Pieists
1
0
1
5.7%
Independent
4
4
6
40.0%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
20
57.1%
76.9%
Nays
6
17.1%
23.1%
Abstentions
9
25.7%
Total
35
89.7% of Legislators
Absent
4
10.3% of Legislators
In light of these results, the vote passes, having reached the required supermajority.
