I was recently looking through some of our regional laws and came across this one, The World Assembly Act. I read it, and instantly wanted to add on a clause or two about approval voting. It doesn't seem that the Delegates of the five feeder regions approve WA resolutions all that often. Though, in the case that the Delegate of the South Pacific has done so, I've added some criteria to what the Delegate can approve or not. I invite you to read my bill and discuss below. Feedback and comments are welcome!
 

 

World Assembly Act

An act to define the World Assembly procedures of the Coalition of the South Pacific

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2. Approval voting

(1) The Delegate may give an approval vote on proposed World Assembly resolutions freely or based on the instruction of the Office of World Assembly Legislation.
(2) The South Pacific Special Forces are prohibited from engaging in approval raiding, except as prescribed in the Charter.
(3) The Delegate cannot give an approval vote on a proposed World Assembly resolution that has been held at an illegal capacity. However, if a resolution has been marked both legal and illegal, the Delegate may supply an approval vote on the proposed World Assembly resolution.
(4) The Director of the Office of World Assembly Legislation is to confirm a request from an Office staff member for the Delegate to supply an approval vote. No sole staff member can order the Delegate to approve a legal resolution. For a staff member to request the Delegate to approve a resolution, the request must be approved by the Director of the Office of World Assembly Legislation and comply with the written laws of the South Pacific.
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(This post was last modified: 08-27-2022, 10:50 AM by The Haughtherlands.)

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The Delegate cannot give an approval vote on a proposed World Assembly resolution that has been held at an illegal capacity.

I thought that proposals that were held would not proceed to the floor anyway, no matter how many approvals it had?

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In practice, approval requests don't typically come from the OWL director. They usually come from the PM or MoFA. Also, setting limitations on delegate approval based on whether it has been marked legal will limit our capacity to get proposals to vote. What if the first person who marks the proposal illegal made a mistake? Can the delegate not put their approval on the proposal before a second person says otherwise? It's better to just let the delegate put their approval on it anyway. If it's dropped for being illegal, no harm, no foul.

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(This post was last modified: 08-22-2022, 10:42 PM by Jay Coop.)

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This process does not require bureaucratization beyond where it is now. If a member of the region wants a proposal approved, they ask for it, and Cabinet, OWL, and the Delegate work through the process by amicable consensus.

If it would help, we could make a forum thread for "request an approval" and "Delegate/OWL Director post notifications of approvals". But I don't think a legislative change is necessary

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The Delegate cannot give an approval vote on a proposed World Assembly resolution that has been held at an illegal capacity.

I thought that proposals that were held would not proceed to the floor anyway, no matter how many approvals it had?

Yes, but I believe you may can still approve them from my Delegacy experience. Trying to remember...

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If it would help, we could make a forum thread for "request an approval" and "Delegate/OWL Director post notifications of approvals". But I don't think a legislative change is necessary

I'd support this; and I'd support scrapping the resolution I wrote if @anjo, or any future OWL Director allows it. And what about a Deputy OWL Director, like the Deputy Chair in the Assembly?

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(This post was last modified: 08-23-2022, 10:36 AM by maluhia.)

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