There has been a seconded motion to amend sub-section 2, of section 4 of the Citizenship 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 Sunday, October 27th.
2024-10-22T19:40:00Z→2024-10-27T19:40:00Z
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:
This vote on amending sub-section 2, of section 4 of the Citizenship 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
5
0
2
22.6%
The Ice Creamists
4
2
1
22.6%
The Pieists
0
1
2
9.7%
Independent
4
7
3
45.2%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
13
41.9%
56.5%
Nays
10
32.3%
43.5%
Abstentions
8
25.8%
Total
31
83.8% of Legislators
Absent
6
16.2% of Legislators
In light of these results, the vote fails, having not reached the required supermajority.
