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[PASSED] Amendment to Article 1 of the Criminal Code (Extortion) - Printable Version

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[PASSED] Amendment to Article 1 of the Criminal Code (Extortion) - Amerion - 11-25-2018

Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 1 of the Criminal Code.

The debate thread can be found here.

A motion and a second have been received to bring this amendment to a vote.

As this amendment is for a general law, the voting period is three days and will require a simple majority to pass. The vote will end on 28 November, 2018, at 5:38 a.m. (UTC).

Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussion belong in the debate thread and may be moved there.

Quote:(8) Bribery shall be defined as the receiving or offering of undue patronage support by or to any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter.

(9) Extortion shall be defined as the threatening of any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter.

(9) (10) Vexatious Charges shall be defined as the filing of criminal charges against another player despite the filing party's knowledge that that said charges were meritless, frivolous, repetitive, and/or burdensome.

(10) (11) Conduct violations shall be defined as breaking in-game NationStates rules.


RE: [PASSED] Amendment to Article 1 of the Criminal Code (Extortion) - Amerion - 11-28-2018

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The vote to amend Article 1 of the Criminal Code has passed.

The final tally is 32 in favour, 0 in opposition, with 9 abstentions.

A spreadsheet of the vote is attached for your convenience.