New Democracy Act 2022

New Democracy Act
Parliament of Littland
An Act to make appropriate changes to the electoral institutions to increase voter participation in Littish democracy
Territorial extent	Littland
Enacted by	Parliament of Littland
Date passed	2 December 2022
Status: Current legislation

The New Democracy Act 2022 (NDA22 or New Democracy Act, for short) is an act of the Littish Parliament that reorganized the constituencies of Littland and made considerable changes to how seats in the parliament are distributed. It was proposed by MF Jakob Albertsen (Labour). It had a large impact on how the 2023 Littish parliamentary election was conducted. The Littish constitution states that if 70% of the Folkekammer (227 seats) agrees to changing the electoral system, it can be done so without a national referendum. The act had the support of every party except for the Freedom Party and The Initiative, the law passed on 2 December 2022 with 250 votes for and 75 votes against.

Provisions

Notable provisions of the New Democracy Act include:

• Reorganization of the Constituencies of Littland and that they will be redrawn every 15 years to match population changes.
• Reduced electoral threshold from 4% to 1%, making it considerably easier for smaller parties to get representation
• Requiring voters to provide photo identification when voting.
• Introduced restrictions on third-party donations for campaign spending, referring parties to a greater expanded pool of tax money for campaigning.
• Increased digitalization of election process, such as larger election material being required to be available online.

Reception

The act was greatly praised for its increased voter participation with changes to the constituencies and seat distribution while also being criticized for the photo identification change, as the only government issued identification with photo was the passport.