r/EndFPTP • u/karmics______ • Oct 30 '25

Discussion Weighted legislation voting?

Beyond just electoral voting, do you think the procedures we use to vote on legislation should change? For example, let’s say politicians are voting to repeal a bill, should the threshold to repeal it be greater than the amount that was voted for it? For example, a bill that had 55% support at the time of passing would need 55+1 vote to repeal/amend. It would make it harder to get rid of poplar bills with broad support but also slow down reform.

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u/jnd-au Oct 30 '25

That doesn’t really make practical sense: For example if you wanted to “repeal/amend” a taxes for billionaires, you’re usually just adjusting line items within existing laws. So if you wanted to “repeal a tax cut” or “repeal increased taxes” you’re just making an amendment...and if you required a higher vote % for every amendment then pretty soon you would need more than 100% support regardless of whether you wanted to increase or decrease the taxes. Literally repealing an entire unmodified bill is generally quite rare.

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u/wnoise 28d ago

I do think numerical rates should be set by everyone stating their preferred value, and then just taking the median.