There has been a seconded motion to amend the way in which Leave of Absence (LoA) requests are handled for both citizens and legislators. The debate topic can be found here.
INFORMATION
This is amendment(s) to both standard and 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, December 20th.
2024-12-15T19:45:00Z→2024-12-20T19:45:00Z
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 amendment(s) in question is as follows:
Amendment(s) to the Citizenship Act
Amendment(s) to the Legislator Act
A2412.01| Amendment(s) to the Citizenship & Legislator Acts - Leave of Absence (LoA) Requests Passed
Final Result
This vote on amending the way in which Leave of Absence (LoA) requests are handled for both citizens and legislators 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
0
1
24.2%
The Ice Creamists
7
0
1
24.2%
The Pieists
2
0
1
9.1%
Independent
9
0
5
42.4%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
25
75.8%
100.0%
Nays
0
0.0%
0.0%
Abstentions
8
24.2%
Total
33
82.5% of Legislators
Absent
7
17.5% of Legislators
In light of these results, the vote passes, having reached the required supermajority.