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The Minister of the Region does hereby invest in the power to bring to motion a proposed change suggested by the assembly. The motion is to change Article 1, section C from The Marital Law of Succession.
Quote:1) Any nation wishing to seek the Delegacy of the South Pacific must meet the following conditions:
A. Must have been a registered member of the off-site forums of the South Pacific for a period no less than three months before announcing their intentions, under the provisions of this law
B. Must have had their UN nation resident in the South Pacific for a period of no less than thirty (30) days
C. Must have a collected a minimum of 150 endorsements
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Quote:1) Any nation wishing to seek the Delegacy of the South Pacific must meet the following conditions:
A. Must have been a registered member of the off-site forums of the South Pacific for a period no less than three months before announcing their intentions, under the provisions of this law
B. Must have had their UN nation resident in the South Pacific for a period of no less than thirty (30) days
C. Must have a collected <strong class='bbc'>a minimum of 30 % of the current delegate's endorsement total.</strong>
Please respond with a simple 'yea' in affirmation or 'nay' to signify an against stance to the proposed change. The voting will end in approximately one week; that is, at 12 am on Thursday, May 20
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Yea(Btw, you forgot to mention that this article 1, section c is from "martial law/law of succession"  )
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With numbers as they are throughout NS, it makes more sense by far to go with percentages, rather than an exact number.
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Reviewing this law and other data, is 30% too low a threshold? I realize that we do not want a high threshold but,w ith numbers down, it's nto that difficult to reach 30%. It could lead to a lot of people getting ticked at being told to drop endorsements. Would 50% satisfy concerns for security?
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Quote:Reviewing this law and other data, is 30% too low a threshold? I realize that we do not want a high threshold but,w ith numbers down, it's nto that difficult to reach 30%. It could lead to a lot of people getting ticked at being told to drop endorsements. Would 50% satisfy concerns for security?
That is fine for me. 50% is a good number to live with, and is easy to determine.
But maybe people would like a compromise at 40%? Not sure. I could go either way, really.
Wait, we are talking about two different thresholds here.
People who want to run for delegacy need to be serious about it. Therefore we require them to have a certain minimum of endorsements before they can officially make a bid for delegacy. That's the 30% in this section.
The 50% level, which is in section 3 of the law, is the level above which they have to state their intent; at this level we consider them to be a threat, so to say.
So for anyone who <strong class='bbc'>DOES</strong> want to run for delegacy the following will hold if this law passes:
:n00b: < 30 % < candidate < 50 % < the race begins
(before it was
:n00b: < 150 < candidate < 50% < the race begins,
which didn't make sense anymore as 150 >> 50% now. )
For anyone who <strong class='bbc'>DOES NOT</strong> want to run for delegacy, it's still
friendly < 50% < invader
I hope this clarifies 
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Thanks, Tsrill. That was a bit more helpful.
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YEA! Bump
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law change appears to have passed
Quote:5 hours ago Mavenu hm. I guess I shouldn't point out that Max Barry's not even from America, but is an Australian?
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Nov 7/05 ââ¬â in reference to actions in Uzbekistan, May 2005.
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