- Title: The Absentee Ballot
- Type of motion (Edit/Removal/Creation): Creation/addition
- Elaboration & Reasoning: The “Punishment for not voting in Parliament” bill, skips a vital step that I feel needs to be added before punishments are given out. Basically for those who wish to know what an ‘Absentee Ballot’ is, it’s a vote given to a person who was unable to vote during the actual process. While with the current bill you are able to notify the owners and/or parliament members ahead of time about why you won’t be able to vote, I think the person should still get some sort of chance to vote/make-up for not voting and be given the chance to explain their reasoning if they didn’t before. Like the warning appeals, Members of Parliament should have a chance to redeem themselves and protect their record. I think we should have an additional three days (suggestions for time appreciated. Sparks suggested 3 for the purpose of the entire process being 10 days even) after the motion has been closed and determined, where the members who didn’t vote, receive a notice explaining that they have an absentee ballot option or they can just receive the proper punishment. This is extremely helpful considering the fact that if the motion didn’t pass purely because a member did not vote within the time constraint then the motion is just tossed aside, when a simple missed vote could be added. The creator of the motion won’t have to propose it again.
- Other Information: My thought is that they can post on said motion that they did not vote on, in this format:
Name:
Reason you missed the vote:
Your vote:
Absentee ballots should not have a limit but should still only be considered as a last resort and that’s why the “Reason you missed the vote” can be determined by the other members if it is a valid reason.
~ 1. I really think this is essential to getting things done right instead of quick. 2. Because of “1.” I really would love suggestions to improve this. And 3. This is my first motion, don’t go easy on me (I didn’t think any of you are going to anyway) I really need any flaws to be pointed out so I can fix it. I want this to happen. ~
- Type of motion (Edit/Removal/Creation): Creation/addition
- Elaboration & Reasoning: The “Punishment for not voting in Parliament” bill, skips a vital step that I feel needs to be added before punishments are given out. Basically for those who wish to know what an ‘Absentee Ballot’ is, it’s a vote given to a person who was unable to vote during the actual process. While with the current bill you are able to notify the owners and/or parliament members ahead of time about why you won’t be able to vote, I think the person should still get some sort of chance to vote/make-up for not voting and be given the chance to explain their reasoning if they didn’t before. Like the warning appeals, Members of Parliament should have a chance to redeem themselves and protect their record. I think we should have an additional three days (suggestions for time appreciated. Sparks suggested 3 for the purpose of the entire process being 10 days even) after the motion has been closed and determined, where the members who didn’t vote, receive a notice explaining that they have an absentee ballot option or they can just receive the proper punishment. This is extremely helpful considering the fact that if the motion didn’t pass purely because a member did not vote within the time constraint then the motion is just tossed aside, when a simple missed vote could be added. The creator of the motion won’t have to propose it again.
- Other Information: My thought is that they can post on said motion that they did not vote on, in this format:
Name:
Reason you missed the vote:
Your vote:
Absentee ballots should not have a limit but should still only be considered as a last resort and that’s why the “Reason you missed the vote” can be determined by the other members if it is a valid reason.
~ 1. I really think this is essential to getting things done right instead of quick. 2. Because of “1.” I really would love suggestions to improve this. And 3. This is my first motion, don’t go easy on me (I didn’t think any of you are going to anyway) I really need any flaws to be pointed out so I can fix it. I want this to happen. ~