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op here is my "Yes" list: 1. Enshrine the leading role of the Communist Party of New York in government, economy, and society. 2. Return to the true democratic principles identified in the 1776 constitution of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, including -a unicameral assembly with annual elections -a plural executive council with staggered one-year terms -a prohibition on the legislature enacting a law in the same session in which it is proposed, so that citizens have ample time to consider the probity of the measure -a group of censors to monitor the conduct of the assembly and council and report on who hosed up Actual answer: this website seems to have one: http://www.citizensunion.org/state_policy_agenda
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Ogmius815 posted:No actually it's fine. But we loose out on interesting potential states such as: the duchy of orange county the appalachian republic of Real America the northwestern
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yeah having a unicameral legislature would be...interesting. a while back i was all in favor of having one house; i thought that state legislatures tended to be weak when compared to state executives and that unifying the legislative power into a single house would level the playing field. Now, however, i'm really not sure. after watching a few states more closely, there is an astounding amount of crazy poo poo that passes one house only to die or be voted down by the other house. Like really, really stupid poo poo. So maybe bicameralism does help? But maybe those crazy bills only get through one house in the first place because they figure that the other house will kill it anyway so they might as well scratch Representative Crazy-rear end' back. I want to talk with someone who follows Nebraska politics about it.
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Oct 14, 2017 20:47
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idk if NY already does this but giving authority for drawing state and federal legislative districts to an independent commission would be nice. Maybe do away with districts and have at-large representatives 
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Oct 14, 2017 21:23
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providing for the admission of a new state is just an ordinary act of Congress so only a majority is required. party control has definitely influenced when states have been admitted Edit: depending on the mechanism for statehood could be joint resolution. Either way, majority of each house should be enough Best Bi Geek Squid fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Oct 14, 2017 |
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one concern is that bullshit right-wing "taxes = theft + baby murder" and nativist beliefs seem to be on the uptick. might be a kind of dangerous time to open up the constitution and endanger stuff like unions and conservation. idk if NY has a big enough suicide cult for that to be a thing tho
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