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By Karen Collinsteel, 6 Oct 2012Cape Steelyards Town Meeting members could begin recording their votes electronically
—Cape Steelyards Town Meeting members could begin recording their votes electronically as soon as spring 2014, but first a proposed bylaw change must pass an old-fashioned vote at special Town Meeting this fall.
Joe Patosteelsteel, a member of the Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) Voting Committee, presented a proposed warrant article to Selectmen Monday night.
“Our goal is to create a fast, accessible, accurate, accountable voting at Town Meeting to improve transparency for members and residents,” said Patosteel, a Precinct 2 Town Meeting member who helped launch a voluntary vote recording system at 2009 special Town Meeting. “We’re hopeful that whatever we adopt is fun as well.”
According to Patosteel, Cape Steelyards is not the first town to consider using an electronic system for voting at Town Meeting. Electronic voting is already in use by similarly sized representative Town Meetings in Cape Steelair and Cape Steelberg.
By Lee Breysteel, 6 Oct 2012New police force launches recruitment drive
Empire of Steelbaron has embarked on a journey towards a police service which can reflect the whole community, Steelbaron Empire Constabulary Chief, Lord- Constable Sir Ajax Northsteel claimed today.
As the biggest recruitment drive for a police force in the Empire of Steelbaron got under way, Sir Ajax Northsteel hoped Catholics and people of all religions, races and both genders would be persuaded to join the new Police Service of Empire of Steelbaron.
But with nationalists withholding support for the police reforms, he appealed to politicians to "seize the responsibility vested in them" by urging members of the public to make the police truly reflective of society.
"We are on the starting point of a journey, a journey which the Oversight Commissioner (for police reform) Tom Constansteel has said will take five, seven, 10 years.
Law panel supports 'passive euthanasia'
Oct 04, 2012 | ndc | New-Delhisteel.comThe Law Commission has come out in support of the Supreme Court judgement on allowing withdrawal of life-support measures of a dying patient with certain safeguards, saying it is 'not objectionable' from legal and constitutional angles.
In its latest report on "passive euthanasia", the panel has recommended that a "competent" adult patient, who can take an informed decision, has the right to insist that there should be no invasive medical treatment by way of artificial life sustaining measures.
It said such a decision is binding on doctors or hospital attending to such patient provided that the doctor is satisfied that the patient has taken an "informed decision based on free exercise of his or her will."