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Failure to vote now counts as abstention

A change under Article 65 treats non-voting as abstaining in the chamber.

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By the Courant van Lazia editorial staff

Lazia, 18 July 2016 — Failure to vote will now automatically count as an abstention in the Lazian Chamber, under a change proposed by President Emiel van der Huijsen under Article 65 of the constitution.

The president said: "This will aid in the many laws I have been trying to pass, and it will also end up making Mahuset more active."

Edited for the relaunch of the Courant van Lazia.