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1. Title
  1.1 This shall be titled the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen Amendment V

2. Amendments
  2.1 This shall amend Section 8 to read,

At the Conclusion of each election, the Monarch shall immediately open poll within the halls of the Underhusen, where prospective candidates will have 48 hours to stand as a candidate for Speaker of the Underhusen. Following the 48 hour period, all Skrifa may have one vote for Speaker of the Underhusen. The poll will remain open for 48 hours or until all elected Skrifa have voted and no tie for doing so has occurred. The Speaker shall be chosen by popularity vote."

  2.2 A section shall be added on Amendments to the Procedural Rules of
       the Underhusen entitled, "Amendments of the Procedural Rules."
    2.2.1 This shall contain section 15, which shall read,

The Speaker of the Underhusen, or Speaker Pro Tempore if he/she is in use, shall maintain a link to all amendments to these Procedural Rules of the Underhusen.

  2.3 Section 8.1 shall be renamed to Section 8 a, which shall look like
       (a) in order to fit with the style of the Fundamental Laws.
  2.4 Section 14 e shall be added in which it shall read,

The Speaker must select a Speaker Pro Tempore within one week of being elected, afterwards the Speaker Pro Tempore is the candidate that got the second most amount of votes, in the event of a tie in that category the Speaker must choose one of the candidates.

Skrifa may vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain

Aye.

Aye

Aye

With three votes for, this bill passes. I will leave this thread open for everyone else to record their votes.

Aye

AYE

I will not recognise the vote of Govindia as a part of the final result, as he wasn't elected when the amendment was up for debate.

After re-reading the procedural rules, I have decided to recognise Govindia's vote.

We are however still waiting for Skrifa Drexyl Nox/Takao's vote.

I will not recognise the vote of Govindia as a part of the final result, as he wasn't elected when the amendment was up for debate.

We are however still waiting for Skrifa Drexyl Nox/Takao's vote.

Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, why?  There is nothing in the Procedural Rules currently that prevents me from voting on this bill, even if I was not available for debate at the the time?

Please explain.

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Imagine a hypothetical scenario where there was a controversial bill up for debate. The bill comes up for debate, where skrifa A and B vote yes, while skrifa C and D vote no. Skrifa E hasn't voted yet, becasue he/she is busy in real life, for some reason. The vote is therefore left open until E votes. Skrifa A, who voted yes is then recalled. The whole election for the new Skrifa is completed, where a new skrifa, skrifa E takes A's place. Skrifa E now comes in and votes yes for the controversial bill. Since a majority has voted yes, should the vote now be closed? Can skrifa E, who isn't as busy now come in and vote no, making the total six votes?
That I don't recognise your vote is an attempt to set a praxis for later speakers if what I said above would happen and be an issue.

After re-reading the procedural rules, I have decided to recognise Govindia's vote.

Imagine a hypothetical scenario where there was a controversial bill up for debate. The bill comes up for debate, where skrifa A and B vote yes, while skrifa C and D vote no. Skrifa E hasn't voted yet, becasue he/she is busy in real life, for some reason. The vote is therefore left open until E votes. Skrifa A, who voted yes is then recalled. The whole election for the new Skrifa is completed, where a new skrifa, skrifa E takes A's place. Skrifa E now comes in and votes yes for the controversial bill. Since a majority has voted yes, should the vote now be closed? Can skrifa E, who isn't as busy now come in and vote no, making the total six votes?
That I don't recognise your vote is an attempt to set a praxis for later speakers if what I said above would happen and be an issue.

Unless it is law, there is no logical reason to deny my vote.  If you want to prevent this from happening,  then make it law. 

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This was just my attempt at fending off a possible future issue in advance, when it might be a bigger issue than it is now. And, you don't really need to have the vote recorded, do you? It's already passed, and we are just waiting for the last skrifa to vote.

After re-reading the procedural rules, I have decided to recognise Govindia's vote.

This was just my attempt at fending off a possible future issue in advance, when it might be a bigger issue than it is now. And, you don't really need to have the vote recorded, do you? It's already passed, and we are just waiting for the last skrifa to vote.

After re-reading the procedural rules, I have decided to recognise Govindia's vote.

YAY

PROBLEM SOLVED!

Aww hell,  I thought I voted already, sorry. I vote aye

This vote is now closed.

Votes for: 6 (100%)
Votes against: 0 (0%)
Abstain: 0 (0%)
Not voting: 0 (0%)