{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/liberland/constitution/issues/189","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/liberland/constitution/issues/189/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/liberland/constitution/issues/189/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/liberland/constitution/issues/189/events","html_url":"https://github.com/liberland/constitution/issues/189","id":92071613,"number":189,"title":"Unanimous votes in the legislature","user":{"login":"lunokhod","id":8471949,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8471949?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod","html_url":"https://github.com/lunokhod","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lunokhod/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-06-30T11:48:38Z","updated_at":"2015-06-30T11:48:38Z","closed_at":null,"body":"There are two types of votes in the legislature that require unanimous support with all representatives being present: **constitutional amendments** and **taxation bills**.\r\n\r\nI worry that unanimity might be too high of a bar to pass such legislation in reality. How many constitutional amendments have passed *anywhere* with unanimous support? And in your own political party of like-minded individuals, how many motions ever pass with unanimous support? Any such law could thus be killed either by one person not being present, or by one person voting against. I can easily picture the situation where one member of the legislature might refuse to vote on any law. Given that legislative terms are for four years, any such person would put all constitutional and tax matters on hold until the end of their term.\r\n\r\nThe question is: *What percentage of votes should be in favor to pass such laws?* This is obviously subjective. I would like to propose for discussion a number that is commonly used in the sciences: 95%. This number corresponds to \"2-sigma\"  of a normal Gaussian distribution, where it is nearly universally accepted that an event that occurs with 95% probability is significant. \r\n\r\nFor a 20 person legislature, 95% corresponds to 19 votes. I would thus propose that such laws be passed by 19 or more votes, regardless of whether all people are present."}}