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DEMOCRATIA -- Lawmakers in Democratia met today with Alex Brezhkob the Prime Minister of HumanSanity to discuss political party proportioning.

Brezhkob is in favor of the proposal to divide the country into seats by population density rather than political parties, recognizing that parties provide division among the politics and that they must plan for the time after the reign of the Establishment Party.

Member of Parliament #31p of the Establishment Party George Hiknokht proposed the second Amendment to the Democratian Constitution for debate today. The amendment will require a 3/5 majority to pass.

Hiknokht asked the Supreme Court of Law before hand if the new plan could be used in the upcoming election. In a 2-1 opinion it was turned down for use in the coming election on the grounds of simple unfeasibility and the necessity of the 3/5 majority referendum also required to pass.

Bergeron has stated he will allow the bill to pass without objection.

Meanwhile a third Amendment was proposed today allowing non Citizens the same essential rights as real citizens. In the Committee of Constitutional Refinement the bill passed to a full floor vote 5-2. 56 votes will be necessary for passage by the Congress.

The Parliament also today ended the long argument over mandatory voting in a 49-44 vote where the process was approved meaning all voting citizens will be required to vote unless they can prove themselves unable. Bergeron has said he will veto the law stating, "The right to not vote is just as powerful as the right to vote." He is expected to finalize that action tomorrow morning.

The DEMOCRATIAN STAR
by Richard Philips, Senior Writer & News Analyst

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Bergeron's veto of the Mandatory Voting Act was seen as "treason against the principles of democracy" by his own Party's leader. The vote of 49-44 was continued when representatives attempted to override the veto.

This upcoming midterm election shall see no change in Parliament but will have local elections conducted for the various municipalities. In addition a few national items are on the ballot. The next election after this is one year from then. Here are a few of the items under discussion.

Petition #1: Officer Recall Initiative
RESOLVED by the People of HumanSanity in assembly of votes to enact:
(1) An attempt to unseat the President through a recall election may be requested by any individual and should it be seconded by any two members of Parliament and at least 1,000 other citizens a recall election will be triggered. 70% of the vote shall be necessary to recall the President.
(2) An attempt to unseat a Member of Parliament through a recall election may be requested by any individual within their district. 0.05% of the constituency must sign the petition to trigger a recall election. Two-thirds of the vote is necessary for a recall.

Petition #6: By district election of Parliament
RESOLVED by the People of HumanSanity that all members of Parliament shall be elected by districts created following each census with at least three-fourths of the Parliament in agreement on the districts.

Petition #10: Neutrality & Use of Military Force
RESOLVED by the People of HumanSanity that:
(1) The armed forces thereof shall not make any military action without the expressed permission of the Prime Minister or their appointed representative who has been approved by three-fifths of parliament. The President may, in times of crisis as recognized by him and the Prime Minister, take whatever necessary action. Times of emergency shall end seven days later unless extended up to sixty more days by three-fifths of Parliament.
(2) Except when attacked by a foreign power or when deliberately and extensively harmed by a foreign power HumanSanity shall not enter a state of war except with four-fifth of Parliament in agreement. Even if attacked HumanSanity's Parliament must vote with a two-thirds majority to declare war.

Petition #17: Public Schooling
RESOLVED by the People of HumanSanity that it is the responsibility of the national government of HumanSanity to provide free public schooling to all citizens and legal residents from the age of four to twenty including at least two years of Higher Education.

Petition #18: Income Taxation
RESOLVED by the People of HumanSanity that, for the purposes of raising revenue, the Parliament may, with three-fifths of the vote in favor, institute an income tax.

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All ballot measures passed.

A new election has been called for by the Constitution. The Establishment Party has fractured into five different Parties. They are:

1. The LABOR Party : The Labor Party advocates for a national health care system, free public transportation networks, and increased unionization and rights of unions.
2. The ESTABLISHMENT Party : The Establishment Party thinks that the necessary business of forming the new nation is not yet complete and therefore we can't fragment yet. We need a single, guiding, coalition with centrist and developmentalist ideals.
3. The RETURN Party: The Return Party is a minor faction that thinks the new nation can't survive on its own and must return to the mother country.
4. The CONSERVATIVE Party : The Conservative Party believes in decreased government regulation and the free market.
5. The REPUBLICAN Party : The Republican Party holds similar views to the Conservative Party but with additional interest in religious preferences and morals.

Seventeen other, minor, parties are on the ballot. A proportional representation system was mandated by the Constitution for the second election. There are 150 seats available for election. 82.4% of the electorate voted, amounting to 48,907,061 votes cast.

The votes were cast as:
LABOUR Party: 18,812,987 votes. 58 seats.
CONSERVATIVE Party: 15,342,182 votes. 47 seats.
ESTABLISHMENT Party: 9,011,812 votes. 28 seats.
REPUBLICAN Party: 3,642,998 votes. 11 seats.
RETURN Party: 2,097,082 votes. 6 seats.

A coalition government has been agreed upon by the Labour and Establishment parties which together hold 86 seats, 10 above the 76 necessary to form a government. The Opposition Coalition is formed of the Conservative and Republican Parties with 58 seats and the Return Party sit as crossbenchers with 6 seats.

The Coalition selected Mark Hagelman (Leader, Labour) as Prime Minister and Sarah Goodforth as Deputy Prime Minister (Leader, Establishment). The cabinet would have three-quarters Labor and one-quarter Establishment party members.