NSG Senate Chamber [NSG Senate] - Version 3

[Fulflood]

Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act: Aye
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirement Act: Aye
The Blakewell Act: Abstain
Senate Inquiry Into The Aurentine Mafia: Aye
National Fingerprint Registry: Abstain
First Amendment to the International Law Act: Aye
State of Emergency Act: Nay

[Tsuken]

Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act - AYE
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirement Act - NAY
The Blakewell Act - AYE
Senate Inquiry Into The Aurentine Mafia - AYE
National Fingerprint Registry - AYE
First Amendment to the International Law Act - AYE
State of Emergency Act - ABSTAIN

[New Waterford]

ANCBEA: Aye
SAFERA: Aye
TBA: Abstain
SIIAM: Aye
NFR: Abstain
FAILA: Aye
SEA: Abstain

[Sahrani DR]

ANCBEA: ABSTAIN
SAFERA: FOR
TBA: FOR
SIIAM: FOR
NFR: AGAINST
FAILA: FOR
SEA: ABSTAIN

regarding the Blakewell Act, i find rather disturbing the lack of measures that should prevent inmates, convicted and linked to mafia organisations, from keeping in touch with the outside world, thus rendering at least to some extent said conviction ineffective.

In my opinion, some restrictions should be mandated on, but not limited to:
- Mail (regardless of paper mail or E-mail)
- Telephone
- Meeting people other than inmates

and so on.

Regarding the National Fingerprint Registry, the act lacks serious definitions of "Acts of terror", let alone practically enabling arbitrary registration of fingerprints based on suspects and entering Aurentina "illegally".
Also, it lacks definition of "Non-lethal force".

[Britanno]

Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act: Nay
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirement Act: Nay

All Others: Aye

[Oneracon]

The First Amendment to the Presidential Election Procedures Act has enough sponsors to be added to Senate Procedures.

First Amendment to the Presidential Election Procedures Act
Urgency: Medium | Author: Oneracon [RG] | Category: Senate Procedures
Co-sponsors: The Saint James Islands [TR], Geilinor [LD], Euskirribakondara [RG], Malgrave [MSP], New Bierstaat [LCP]

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The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

NOTING that during the most recent presidential elections issues arose due to situations not addressed or insufficiently addressed by existing legislation;

SEEKING to remedy these issues through clarification of the law;

HEREBY enacts the following amendments to the Presidential Election Procedures Act:

Greater than 50% Needed to Win

1. Schedule II, section 6 shall be replaced with the following:
   
   Any candidate who receives a number of votes greater than 50% of all votes cast shall be declared the winner.
2. Schedule II, section 9 shall be replaced with the following:
   
   The candidate who receives a number of votes greater than 50% of all votes cast shall be declared the winner.
   Cases of Candidates Withdrawing
3. Schedule II shall be amended by appending the following:
   
   Withdrawal of Candidates
   18. In the event that a candidate withdraws from the first round of the election, any votes cast for said candidate remain valid and shall be counted as write-in votes.

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[box][align=center][size=150][b]First Amendment to the Presidential Election Procedures Act[/b][/size]
[b]Urgency:[/b] Medium | [b]Author:[/b] [nation]Oneracon[/nation] [RG] | [b]Category:[/b] Senate Procedures
[b]Co-sponsors:[/b] [nation]The Saint James Islands[/nation] [TR], [nation]Geilinor[/nation] [LD], [nation]Euskirribakondara[/nation] [RG], [nation]Malgrave[/nation] [MSP], [nation]New Bierstaat[/nation] [LCP][/align][hr][/hr] The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

[b]NOTING[/b] that during the most recent presidential elections issues arose due to situations not addressed or insufficiently addressed by existing legislation;

[b]SEEKING[/b] to remedy these issues through clarification of the law;

[b]HEREBY[/b] enacts the following amendments to the [i]Presidential Election Procedures Act[/i]:

[list=1][u]Greater than 50% Needed to Win[/u]
[*]Schedule II, section 6 shall be replaced with the following:
[list][i]Any candidate who receives a number of votes greater than 50% of all votes cast shall be declared the winner.[/i][/list]
[*]Schedule II, section 9 shall be replaced with the following:
[list][i]The candidate who receives a number of votes greater than 50% of all votes cast shall be declared the winner.[/i][/list]
[u]Cases of Candidates Withdrawing[/u]
[*]Schedule II shall be amended by appending the following:
[list][i][u]Withdrawal of Candidates[/u]
18. In the event that a candidate withdraws from the first round of the election, any votes cast for said candidate remain valid and shall be counted as write-in votes.[/i][/list][/list][/box]

[Glasgia]

I vote FOR all acts currently at vote

[Cadicarrech]

ANCBEA: Abstain
SAFER: Aye
Blakewell: Aye
Mafia: Aye
NFR: Aye
FAILA: Aye
SEA: No

[Waldmania]

I'm changing abstain on FAILA to aye and abstain on SEA to nay

[Glasgia]

I vote FOR all acts currently at vote

Actually, after reflection, I change my vote on the State of Emergency Act from FOR to ABSTAIN.

[New Bierstaat]

This has enough sponsors to be added to the queue.

Aurentine Partisan Politics Act

Category: Senatorial Procedures | Urgency: Medium
Author: New Bierstaat (LC) | Co-Sponsors: Brissia (NL), Mediciano (Iron), Placenza (ATBP), Euskirribakondara (RG), Yanalia (RG)

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

NOTICING the sheer number of parties in our commonwealth compared to the number of Senators,

SEEING that a significant number of these parties are merely jokes with no real political intent,

REALIZING the predicament brought upon the constituency mapmaker by people being in two or more parties as well as the horrible calamity that would result from banning hippos and banning banning,

ENACTS a long-needed rule, with apologies to Ainin, Divair, and Soviet Canuckistan:

A political party is defined as an organization with active Senators involved and which includes the word "party" or the phrase "Coalition for Freedom and Enterprise" in its name, or which wishes to be defined as a political party.

No Senator shall have membership in more than one political party.

A Senator who is found to be a member of more than one party must leave one or the other, and his votes will not count until he does so.

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[align=middle][size=150][b][u]Aurentine Partisan Politics Act[/u][/b][/size]

[b]Category: [/b]Senatorial Procedures| [b]Urgency: [/b]Medium
[b]Author: [/b]New Bierstaat (LC) | [b]Co-Sponsors: Brissia (NL), Mediciano (Iron), Placenza (ATBP), Euskirribakondara (RG), Yanalia (RG)[/b][/align]
The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

[b]NOTICING[/b] the sheer number of parties in our commonwealth compared to the number of Senators,

[b]SEEING[/b] that a significant number of these parties are merely jokes with no real political intent,

[b]REALIZING[/b] the predicament brought upon the constituency mapmaker by people being in two or more parties as well as the horrible calamity that would result from banning hippos and banning banning,

[b]ENACTS[/b] a long-needed rule, with apologies to Ainin, Divair, and Soviet Canuckistan:

A political party is defined as an organization [strike]with active Senators involved and[/strike] which includes the word "party" or the phrase "Coalition for Freedom and Enterprise" in its name, or which wishes to be defined as a political party.

No Senator shall have membership in more than one political party.

A Senator who is found to be a member of more than one party must leave one or the other, and his votes will not count until he does so.

[Geilinor]

Aye:
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirements Act (SAFER)
Senate Inquiry into the Aurentine Mafia
First Amendment to the International Law Act
State of Emergency Act
The Blakewell Act

Nay:
National Fingerprint Registry
Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act

[Finium]

ANCBEA: Abstain
SAFER: Yea
Blakewell: Yea
Mafia: Yea
NFR: Yea
FAILA: Yea
SEA: Nay

[Senate President pro Tempore]

Order - A
To deal with issues pertinent to the Interior and Justice ministries

ANCBEA
For: 7
Against: 12
Abstain: 7

SAFER
For: 17
Against: 9
Abstain: 0

Blakewell Act
For: 12
Against: 3
Abstain: 11

SIAM
For: 22
Against: 2
Abstain: 2

NFR
For: 10
Against: 14
Abstain: 2

FAILA
For: 23
Against: 3
Abstain: 0

SEA
For: 10
Against: 9
Abstain: 7

[Vairikai Sari]

I vote Ayeto all bills currently at vote.

[Lemanrussland]

Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act: Nay
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirement Act: Nay
The Blakewell Act: Abstain
Senate Inquiry Into The Aurentine Mafia: Aye
National Fingerprint Registry: Nay
First Amendment to the International Law Act: Aye
State of Emergency Act: Nay

[Quebec and Atlantic Canada]

Point of parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President: What happens if a plurality of Senators abstain on a bill, but the ayes outnumber the nays?

Also, I hereby change my vote on the State of Emergency Act from ABSTAIN to NAY.

[New Bierstaat]

Point of parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President: What happens if a plurality of Senators abstain on a bill, but the ayes outnumber the nays?

Also, I hereby change my vote on the State of Emergency Act from ABSTAIN to NAY.

If that happens, the bill passes.

[Lamaredia]

I, Lamaredia, remove the proxy vote that Battlion was supposed to do for me because he doesn't seem to be on atm.

ANCBEA: ABSTAIN
SAFER: NAY (Are you kidding me? Why would you need a smoke alarm in every single room inside of a private house?)
TBA: ABSTAIN
SIAM: AYE
NFR: NAY (All was good and fine until I happened upon the clause that said that a person that is only suspected of crime needed to put his/hers print in the registry. This is something that I can't agree with.)
FAILA: AYE
SEA: AYE

[Beta Test]

I change my vote on SAFER from Aye to Abstain

[New Zepuha]

Amend National Census Bureau Establishment Act - Aye
Smoke Alarm and Fire Extinguisher Requirement Act - Aye
The Blakewell Act - Aye
Senate Inquiry Into The Aurentine Mafia - Aye
National Fingerprint Registry - Aye
First Amendment to the International Law Act - Abstain
State of Emergency Act - Nay

[Ainin]

Mr. President, please remove the Crime Act from queue.

[Kouralia]

Aye to all.

[HumanSanity]

Mr. President, please remove the Crime Act from queue.

Seconded.

[Lamaredia]

Mr. President, please remove the Crime Act from queue.

Seconded.

I don't think you need to second that, seeing as Ainin is the author of the Crime Act...