(Dismissed) WA Voting Reforms Act

1. That nations failing to vote on propositions (and subsequently counted as abstentions) be excluded from the final vote tally.
   
   
2. That the final vote requirement of 3/4 majority be abolished and instead replaced by a 2/3 majority ruling.
   
   
3. That this proposed WA Voting Reforms Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.
   
   
4. That (if necessary) we remind that nations under effect of any including resolution not be counted towards the final vote tally.
   
   
5. That past resolutions (as of today, January 24, 2015) that have been dismissed via abstention saturation be re-evaluated under the guidelines of this proposed WA Voting Reforms Act.
   

Xolox wrote:My vote remains the same.

New Rhodinia wrote:

The WA Resolution Voting Act

Upon seeing recent failings of perfectly reasonable resolutions, I think it's about time we made sure some of these resolutions actually passed or otherwise received a fair ruling outside of "death by abstention". This legislation aims to alleviate any lame outcomes for any resolution that passes through the WASC.

The original plan for this legislation was brought up by Vice-President Xolox and as such, Xolox will be considered a co-author to this proposal.

Here are the proposals thus far:

1. That nations failing to vote on propositions (and subsequently counted as abstentions) be excluded from the final vote tally.
   
   
2. That the final vote requirement of 3/4 majority be abolished and instead replaced by a 2/3 majority ruling.
   
   
3. That this proposed WA Resolution Voting Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.
   
   
4. That (if necessary) we remind that nations under effect of any including resolution not be counted towards the final vote tally.
   
   
5. That past resolutions (as of today, January 13, 2015) that have been dismissed via abstention saturation be re-evaluated under the guidelines of this proposed WA Resolution Voting Act.
   

Amendment: I'm extremely upset over how the previous proposal went. The third guideline CLEARLY states that this act would be following its own guidelines when in a vote. It never saw the opportunity to do so due to Great Eurussia's premature dismissal. I want to make it clear that this act, above any other currently in proposal, be affected by it's own guidelines. In addition, I will be continuously setting up this proposal until it gets the result it deserves.

New Rhodinia wrote:

The WA Resolution Voting Act

That nations failing to vote on propositions (and subsequently counted as abstentions) be excluded from the final vote tally.

That the final vote requirement of 3/4 majority be abolished and instead replaced by a 2/3 majority ruling.
That this proposed WA Resolution Voting Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.
That (if necessary) we remind that nations under effect of any including resolution not be counted towards the final vote tally.

Amendment: I'm extremely upset over how the previous proposal went. The third guideline CLEARLY states that this act would be following its own guidelines when in a vote. It never saw the opportunity to do so due to Great Eurussia's premature dismissal. I want to make it clear that this act, above any other currently in proposal, be affected by it's own guidelines. In addition, I will be continuously setting up this proposal until it gets the result it deserves.

Great Eurussia wrote:Eurussia suggests that the title be renamed as WASC Voting Reforms Act. And we suggest that there are clear mention if this will affect the executive voting, judicial voting, or just the legislative voting of the SC.

Great Eurussia wrote:

Eurussia shares the same sentiment of disappointment for good proposals failing to pass due to lack of votes. However, please be reminded that the 75% approval votes was introduced to make the Security Council's decision to be truly representative across all continents.

And Eurussia believes that abstentions count as votes as well since it is a privilege of SC members to vote on the SC with the same level of voting in favor or against a proposal. 

However, we do share the same sentiment with New Rhodinia on absentions. And we are very particular with DEFAULT ABSTENTIONS which happens when an SC member doesn't vote at all. And we support that only this kind of abstentions should not be counted.

Great Eurussia wrote:With our support regarding default abstentions, Eurussia is unconvinced on the change on the 75% approval votes since it represents the almost overall sentiment of the Security Council towards a certain proposal.

Great Eurussia wrote:Eurussia would like to seek clarification on the issue of premature dismissal as the Presidency has not been aware of any proposal that have been dismissed from the voting floor of the SC without due process.

New Rhodinia wrote:That this proposed WA Resolution Voting Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.

New Rhodinia wrote:That this proposed WA Resolution Voting Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.

We realize that the majority of anything put forth to the Security Council indeed go through a due process, but the results they find themselves in are exactly what this proposal (and my small rant, subsequently) is trying to remedy. Sorry if there was some miscommunication there.

New Rhodinia wrote:

The WA Voting Reforms Act

Upon seeing recent failings of perfectly reasonable resolutions, I think it's about time we made sure some of these resolutions actually passed or otherwise received a fair ruling outside of "death by abstention". This legislation aims to alleviate any lame outcomes for any resolution that passes through the WASC.

The original plan for this legislation was brought up by Vice-President Xolox and as such, Xolox will be considered a co-author to this proposal.

Here are the proposals thus far:

1. That nations failing to vote on propositions (and subsequently counted as abstentions) be excluded from the final vote tally.
   
   
2. That the final vote requirement of 3/4 majority be abolished and instead replaced by a 2/3 majority ruling.
   
   
3. That this proposed WA Voting Reforms Act be affected by its own guidelines upon discussion and voting process.
   
   
4. That (if necessary) we remind that nations under effect of any including resolution not be counted towards the final vote tally.
   
   
5. That past resolutions (as of today, January 24, 2015) that have been dismissed via abstention saturation be re-evaluated under the guidelines of this proposed WA Voting Reforms Act.
   

Amendment: I'm extremely upset over how the previous proposal went. The third guideline CLEARLY states that this act would be following its own guidelines when in a vote. It never saw the opportunity to do so due to Great Eurussia's premature dismissal. I want to make it clear that this act, above any other currently in proposal, be affected by it's own guidelines. In addition, I will be continuously setting up this proposal until it gets the result it deserves.

UnitedStatesOfScouting wrote:To be clear, if voted on, does this law get voted on based on its own guidelines as suggested above?

Great Eurussia wrote:

UnitedStatesOfScouting wrote:To be clear, if voted on, does this law get voted on based on its own guidelines as suggested above?

No. The proposal has no legal effect unless passed by the Security Council.

New Rhodinia wrote:New Rhodinia hereby moves to abandon this proposal.