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Amendment VI: Election Protocols
Topic Started: Jan 15 2013, 08:33 PM (326 Views)
Roy_Mustang
As we commence the voting for our next Lord Chancellor, High Judicator, and others, I note with concern the near silence we've had about the elections in the way of campaigning by the candidates, as well as questions from the voters. Some may lay the fault with the candidates for not campaigning hard, but I believe that we currently have far too long an election period as things stand already. Thus, I propose the following Amendment.

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Amendment VI. Election Protocols for the Maintenance of Informed Democracy

UNDERSTANDING that a substantial amount of time must be allotted to elections,

ACKNOWLEDGING that the current form of the Constitution of the Second Republic of New Sorvun allots an amount of time to elections which prompts fatigue,

and RECOGNIZING that any election procedure crafted herein must be appropriate for all general elections held in New Sorvun,

THEREFORE, the League of Nations of the Second Republic of New Sorvun alters the election procedures in the Constitution in the following fashion:

Revision: Article II. Section V. Subsection II. of the Constitution of the Second Republic of New Sorvun shall be revised to the following text, from the original:
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Subsection II. Elections.

1.) The World Court shall preside over and monitor all election proceedings.

2.) Candidates must announce their intent to run for office no later than a month two weeks prior to the election.

3.) Campaigning can begin no earlier than a month two weeks prior to the election. Campaigns are limited to the designated campaign area of the forums. On the week of election, no campaigning shall be done.

4.) Each election shall last for seven (7) four (4) days.

5.) The candidate with a plurality is declared the winner of the election.

6.) The winner of the election has the option to decline the office he had won within three (3) days of the close of the elections, if he does so, the candidate with the second-most shall be awarded the office instead. If the three days lapse and the winner decides to decline, standard procedure is to be followed.

6.) 7.) Should the election result in a tie, the tied candidates are placed in a run-off. Where candidates have three (3) days to make any final campaigns, after those three days, the run-off election begins and lasts for three (3) days. The candidate with the plurality wins.



To summarize my reasoning in offering this Amendment, I feel as though our election period lasts far too long (a month? we've seen people disappear within the course of a month even when they thought they would be plenty active) and that the debate tends to die down well in advance of the election date, this current election being nothing so much as a particularly clear case of just that.

We don't have candidates that flit around the country/state/province attempting to curry votes, they stay in their little box of partisanship and campaign. Since that is the case, we do not have to worry about people being unable to find our message if they care to hear political messages at all, and providing a month for that (or any other purpose, for that matter) by default strikes me as excessive. This new election period aligns neatly with the period of inactivity required for an official to be impeached, thus I think it's reasonable to believe that all active citizens would have a chance to ask questions of the candidates if they are meeting even that measure of activity.

As for campaigning during the week the election, I personally don't see the negative effects of that. If it were used, I imagine it would be used for last-minute clarifications.
Edited by Roy_Mustang, Jan 24 2013, 05:43 AM.
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I thoroughly agree with this amendment, although I would like to see the voting time reduced further. I believe either three or four days would suffice.
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I was also just thinking the same in regards to the voting length, and I think four days is a good amount of time given our current state of activity.

In regards to campaigning, I have no objections to this amendment, however at least campaigning must be restricted within the polling threads themselves.
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Polling threads should be created as poll-only anyway, so that's a non-issue and I am loathe to write that into the Constitution. As the author of the proposal I assume I am able to unilaterally amend my own proposal? I also felt the voting time was excessive but did not want to overreach with my requests.
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Well, amendments to proposals have to be voted on by the other members before they can be applied to the proposal.
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Also can we add a provision that if the candidate that wins the election declines the position (say if he won two elections and he can only hold one of them) that the runner-up becomes the winner of that particular office.
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I propose amending my proposal to shorten the election length to four (4) days. Do I have a second?
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I second!
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Four days sounds fine to me.

"Also can we add a provision that if the candidate that wins the election declines the position (say if he won two elections and he can only hold one of them) that the runner-up becomes the winner of that particular office."

I like that, as well.
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I motion that the following be added to the proposed amendment after part 5: "The winner of the election has the option to decline the office he had won within three (3) days of the close of the elections, if he does so, the candidate with the second-most shall be awarded the office instead. If the three days lapse and the winner decides to decline, standard procedure is to be followed."
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Second. I would also like to propose we amend the voting time from seven days to four.
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Those in favor of these motions please say Aye, those opposed say Nay.
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Aye to both amendments!
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