Goobergunchia wrote:Christian Democrats wrote:It is the case that only the most "politically interested nations" vote on offsite forum polls. That is how it is everywhere. My main argument is that those sorts of offsite polls are now outdated. The original reason for them was for delegates to vote in accordance with the wills of their regions as best they could gauge them. Since March 20, the ability has existed to measure the exact support for World Assembly proposals in a given region. Because of this, I believe that it is now preferable for delegates to use exact numbers instead of measuring the pulse of the region through offsite polls. This doesn't mean that I believe delegates always need to vote with their regions, just that they should use exact numbers when considering how to vote. I do realize that such changes would require amendments to the laws of many regions.
We have to point out that there is no requirement that delegates bow to the will of the ambassador from Christian Democrats, and we are concerned that said ambassador is more interested in debating the procedures used by regional delegates to cast their votes than the merits of the resolution at vote. We very much doubt that any amount of pleading by the ambassador from Christian Democrats will convince other regions to change their procedures.
We ourselves have not yet cast a vote on this resolution. While it seems meritorious on its face, we are concerned that, given the known attitude of the ambassador from Christian Democrats towards marriage equality, there may be some hidden loophole that our delegation has not yet uncovered that permits member nations to undermine marriage equality. We are therefore likely to abstain unless we can be completely convinced that no such loophole exists.
[Lord] Michael Evif
Goobergunchian WA Ambassador
I raised a similar concern some time ago, and the Christian Democrats representative assured me that there was nothing underhanded. I hope, by all means, you can too, Lord Michael.
Stephanie Orman
Representative, Nomadic Peoples of Damanucus