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Vote: Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)
Topic Started: 5th February 2014 - 03:10 AM (340 Views)
Elpidia
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The following bill is up for vote. Voting opens now, and will close at 10:09pm (EST) on Feb. 6th.

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Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)

An act to establish the electoral systems of the Independent Order in compliance with the first Constitutional Amendment Act (2014).

Short Title
(1) This act may be referred to as the Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014).

Elections
(2) If there are two candidates standing for Premier, a standard plurality system shall be used in which a member votes for their preferred candidate.
(3) If there are more than two candidates standing for Premier, the Supplementary Vote electoral system shall be used.
(4) All Senate elections shall use the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.
(5) All elections shall be conducted by the Grand Chancellor.

Supplementary Vote
(6) The Supplementary Vote electoral system is where a member votes by posting their first and, optionally, their second preference candidates.
(7) If a candidate does not win an overall majority of first-preference votes, then all candidates beside the top two shall be eliminated and their second-preference votes redistributed.

Single Transferable Vote
(8) A single transferable vote is a vote:
(8.1) Capable of being given so as to indicate the member’s order of preference for the candidates, and;
(8.2) Capable of being transferred to the next choice when the vote is not needed to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes or when a prior choice is eliminated from the list of candidates because of a deficiency in the number of votes given for him.
(9) The Grand Chancellor shall count each post as one vote to the candidate marked 1 thereon; he shall also count the total number of votes.
(10) He shall calculate the quota. The quota is the smallest number which will ensure the return of a candidate, whatever combination be made of the other votes given in the election. This figure will be obtained by dividing the votes cast by the number of seats to be filled plus one, and adding one to the result.

Counting and Calculating Results
(11) The Grand Chancellor shall count all votes manually.
(12) The Grand Chancellor may calculate the results using automated calculation software.
(13) Automated calculation software is defined as software, either online or downloaded, that can be used to calculate election results. This may include a spreadsheet, application or website.
(14) The Grand Chancellor may use more than one automated calculation software to verify the results.
(15) Prior to an election, the Grand Chancellor must publicly inform the Premier what software is being used to calculate and verify the results.
(16) Following an election, the Grand Chancellor must publish verifiable proof of the electoral process, which may be scrutinised and challenged by any member of the Independent Order.
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The required voting period having elapsed I declare this bill to have passed. The voting was as follows:

Aye- 6 votes
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Nay- 0 votes

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