Underhusen Election Protection ActThe Underhusen Election Protection Act was introduced to the floor by Skrifa
Katie on February 13th. It had been reintroduced from the previous term, when it was written by Skrifa
Chanku. The bill died on the floor that term, with no motions being made by the end of the term. Upon the bill’s reintroduction, the main concern raised immediately was the length of time before the next elections that the new unfilled Underhusen is dissolved, and Skrifa
Laurentus found it to be far too short at 21 days. An agreement was then reached to extend that time to 6 weeks. That discussion also spawned an interest in Underhusen term-length increases.
The bill passed in the Underhusen, but upon reaching the Overhusen, Peer
Wintermoot found various concerns that he regretted not mentioning earlier. He objected specifically to the fact that a second election would be held to fill the Underhusen in the case that too few people ran in the first one, a concept he called “inefficient and unfair.” Wintermoot also mentioned the possibility of two Underhusen sessions operating in the same forum at the same time, which he said would be problematic. Peer
Cinciri also mentioned the possibility of those voted into the new session being upset when their session is suddenly dissolved. The other peers agreeing with Wintermoot and Cinciri, the bill failed in the Overhusen. Skrifa
Chanku responded to the concerns in the Citizen’s platform discussion thread, which can be found
here.
Wintreath Symbols ActThe Wintreath Symbols Act was introduced to the floor by Skrifa
Katie on March 4th. It had been reintroduced from the previous term when it was written under the name
Symbols Act by Skrifa
Chanku. The bill was regarding the national animal, colors, flag, and other symbols of Wintreath, encoding these into legislation as a permanent fixture of Wintrean culture. A fierce debate ensued over the national animal specifically. However, after that legislation was initially written, Jarl of Culture
Gerrick opened a period of nominations for regional animal followed by a regional vote. The winner of this vote was the
Arctic Fox.
Upon the bill’s reintroduction, Chanku objected, as he had in the previous term, to adding precise Hex identifiers for the official colors of Wintreath, on the basis that the flag should not be controlled like that. A compromise was reached where the flag is not necessarily defined by the official regional colors.
Wintermoot raised the concern of the legality of the Storting mandating the usage of the regional flag in vassal regions, so the requirement was changed to a recommendation. Those two concerns being the only major ones, the bill passed in both houses.
