Post by Richard I on Dec 22, 2014 12:17:08 GMT
The purpose of this discussion thread is to decide whether Mercia should change its current electoral ranges; that is, the positions that Ministers are elected to in the Mercian Parliament House.
Under the 6th December Partisan Democracy Act, Mercia elects a First Minister and three Cabinet Members every four months. These are not geographically located, and the 'electoral ranges' are two abstract, non-territorial ranges for the positions of both the Cabinet and the Premiership of the First Minister.
The question I am asking is this; should Mercia change its electoral ranges to make them geographically tied to the Hundreds, Counties Provinces and other subdivisions of the Kingdoms, with the Cabinet positions being tied to those ranges?
At first thought, I can imagine 'landing' the three Cabinet positions to the Archduchy of Loringia as a single electoral range, and then one position each to the Clyran Provinces of Wibertsherne and Kernollond. This would mean that existing citizens would have to register (or be registered for the sake of fair play) in a certain range to vote there, however, and future citizens would also have to register or be registered, with the Citizenship Application Form changing to reflect this.
I put the ball in your court, gentlemen.
UPDATE:
The following suggestion from a few threads down is now the suggested idea for discourse -
"Suggestion: If Mercia introduced a cap on the number of citizens that can take a seat in the Parliament (I'm thinking 20, considering that there are already between 15 and 17 Lords and Ministers, but maybe less to make seats more competitive), we then divide those seats between the electoral ranges (maybe 5 each to Loringia, Wibertsherne, Kothellond and Concessions/Colonies), and hold Single Transferable Vote elections in those ranges. The First Minister would be contested as a position like it is currently, and then the First Minister chooses his/her/zer Cabinet, instead of that being voted in. This would create a more dynamic political scene, I feel. Those not directly involved in politics could dedicate their activity in Mercia to other things, such as political think-tanks or Union work, culture, the Church, the economy, the media, etc."
Under the 6th December Partisan Democracy Act, Mercia elects a First Minister and three Cabinet Members every four months. These are not geographically located, and the 'electoral ranges' are two abstract, non-territorial ranges for the positions of both the Cabinet and the Premiership of the First Minister.
The question I am asking is this; should Mercia change its electoral ranges to make them geographically tied to the Hundreds, Counties Provinces and other subdivisions of the Kingdoms, with the Cabinet positions being tied to those ranges?
At first thought, I can imagine 'landing' the three Cabinet positions to the Archduchy of Loringia as a single electoral range, and then one position each to the Clyran Provinces of Wibertsherne and Kernollond. This would mean that existing citizens would have to register (or be registered for the sake of fair play) in a certain range to vote there, however, and future citizens would also have to register or be registered, with the Citizenship Application Form changing to reflect this.
I put the ball in your court, gentlemen.
UPDATE:
The following suggestion from a few threads down is now the suggested idea for discourse -
"Suggestion: If Mercia introduced a cap on the number of citizens that can take a seat in the Parliament (I'm thinking 20, considering that there are already between 15 and 17 Lords and Ministers, but maybe less to make seats more competitive), we then divide those seats between the electoral ranges (maybe 5 each to Loringia, Wibertsherne, Kothellond and Concessions/Colonies), and hold Single Transferable Vote elections in those ranges. The First Minister would be contested as a position like it is currently, and then the First Minister chooses his/her/zer Cabinet, instead of that being voted in. This would create a more dynamic political scene, I feel. Those not directly involved in politics could dedicate their activity in Mercia to other things, such as political think-tanks or Union work, culture, the Church, the economy, the media, etc."