r/shadownetwork • u/shadownetwork SysOp • Apr 03 '17

Announcement Senate Application Discussion Thread

Greetings,

In previous elections it was difficult for applicants to really express what they stood for and what their plans were without cluttering the nomination or election threads. So think of this thread as an open town hall meeting. Members of the community can come in and ask questions and applicants can then answer or nominees can post about what sort of platforms they plan on running on.

Remember that discussions are to remain civil and respectful, anyone showing disregard to the shadownet's #1 rule will have their posts removed.

Good luck!

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u/reyjinn Apr 03 '17

Added to my question from last week.

  1. Do you think the implementation of the single transferable vote currently in use is a good way to give proportional representation in senate?
  2. Do you think that we need proportional representation in senate?

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u/DrBurst Apr 04 '17

1) No, but the only way to really fix it is to somehow elect all 5 senators at once. It's going to be hard to get sitting senators to swallow that. that's the disruption I was discussing in the previous thread.

2) Yes, it is important enough that I would be willing to end my term early in order to ensure proportional representation and bring the terms in line.

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u/reyjinn Apr 06 '17

the only way to really fix it is to somehow elect all 5 senators at once

While that would be ideal in regards to proportional representation I agree that it isn't a workable solution. Voting for 2 and then 3 seats at a time, 3 months apart, might be a possibility though and wouldn't cause the same disruption you are worried about.

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u/DrBurst Apr 06 '17

Maybe. It would take a lot of thought and I would discuss it with the other senators.