Open or Elected Legislature?

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Open or Elected Legislature?
Tweet Topic Started: Apr 23 2015, 03:14 AM (266 Views)
Gulliver	Apr 23 2015, 03:14 AM Post #1
Lazarene Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Apr 8, 2015	Both an open legislature of all citizens and an elected one have been proposed. What do people prefer? I personally am in support an open one. I have found in my personal experience that they do a better job of getting people directly involved in a region's governance.



Funkadelia	Apr 23 2015, 04:04 AM Post #2
Posts: 2,155 Group: King of the Undead Member #86 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Socialist Nation in Lazarus Funkadelia	I support an open legislature as well. In my opinion, it allows for greater activity on legislative matters, and gets people invested in the happenings and culture of the region.



Benevolent Thomas	Apr 23 2015, 05:23 AM Post #3
Blessed of the Vale Posts: 1,532 Group: Members Member #63 Joined: Apr 14, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Nation in Lazarus Benevolent Thomas	Open Legislature. Not only is it more democratic, it should lead to greater regional activity.



Kazmr	Apr 23 2015, 05:25 AM Post #4
Lazarene Posts: 987 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral	I support an elected legislature, personally, if only because I feel that it would allow us to better incorporate with the gameside, as one of my proposals has made clear. However, should we chose to require the legislature to be registered forum citizens I would absolutely prefer an open legislature.



Cormac	Apr 23 2015, 05:41 AM Post #5
Lazarene Posts: 398 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: Apr 8, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Cormactopia II Skype cormac.ns Discord Cormac#9408	Benevolent Thomas Apr 23 2015, 05:23 AM Open Legislature. Not only is it more democratic, it should lead to greater regional activity. This is basically my feeling on it, especially as I don't support the idea of incorporating the game-side region into the legislature.



Harmoneia	Apr 23 2015, 10:18 AM Post #6
Mhysa Posts: 657 Group: Accused Member #42 Joined: Apr 11, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Harmoneia	Perhaps a bi-cameral legislature?



Kazmr	Apr 23 2015, 05:32 PM Post #7
Lazarene Posts: 987 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral	I would also be quite open to an open legislature that incorporates something along the lines of what is found here: http://nslazarus.com/archive/NSLazarus/single/?p=8017133&t=7934412 Or some other feature that incorporates a resident non-forumite voice. Edited by Kazmr, Apr 23 2015, 05:33 PM.



Ainin	Apr 23 2015, 05:37 PM Post #8
Lazarene Posts: 62 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: Apr 8, 2015	Harmoneia Apr 23 2015, 10:18 AM Perhaps a bi-cameral legislature? Someone raised a fairly good point about bicameral legislatures on IRC a couple days ago (I think it was Cormac?). They tend to either be very inefficient or a way for the elite to keep their grasp on power whenever they're tried in GCRs.



Gulliver	Apr 23 2015, 07:13 PM Post #9
Lazarene Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Apr 8, 2015	I'm wary of a bicameral legislature as well.



Cormac	Apr 23 2015, 08:47 PM Post #10
Lazarene Posts: 398 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: Apr 8, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Cormactopia II Skype cormac.ns Discord Cormac#9408	Ainin Apr 23 2015, 05:37 PM Someone raised a fairly good point about bicameral legislatures on IRC a couple days ago (I think it was Cormac?). They tend to either be very inefficient or a way for the elite to keep their grasp on power whenever they're tried in GCRs. I'm not sure if I'm the one who said this, but it does basically reflect my views. Aside from the elite aspect, I've also found -- though primarily in UCRs, as I don't think I've ever seen a bicameral legislature in a GCR -- that trying to have two chambers in a legislature often leads to splitting activity between the chambers in such a way that neither is as active as you'd like them to be.



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