A motion and a second have been received for the following Election Act amendment.

This is a vote on an amendment to a constitutional law. As such, it requires a three-fifths (60%) majority to pass.

The timing allotted for this vote is five days. Voting will end on April 24 at 10:00pm Eastern.

The debate thread is here: http://tspforums.xyz/thread-4929.html

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5. Local Council

(1) Immediately following the ending of the Cabinet elections, the Election Commission will begin an election for the Local Council.

a. For the first 3 days of the election period, residents may declare their candidacy by telegramming an election commissioner
b. Following this nomination period, a campaign period of one week will start, where candidates may campaign and debate the merits of their platforms.
c. After the week-long campaign period, a three voting periods of 3 days will start.

(2) The election will be held via a regional poll accessible to World Assembly Natives, instructing them to vote for their preferred candidate.
a. A Dispatch containing the campaigns of candidates will be created to aid voters in their choice.
b. Upon the conclusion of the first and second rounds of voting, the candidates with the most votes will be awarded a spot on the Local Council.
c. If more than twelve people are candidates, the vote will be split into two 3-day polls with the top 12 vote-receiving candidates continuing onto the set of nine voting days.
d. Should the poll produce a tied result, in first or second three-day election, the tied candidates will receive seats and the unneeded elections will be canceled.
e.  Should a tie result in the third, three-day election, the tied candidates will move onto a runoff.

(This post was last modified: 04-26-2017, 02:03 PM by Cormac. Edit Reason: Editing post title to note failure of the bill. )

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With 3 votes Aye, 8 votes Nay, and 18 votes Abstain, this amendment has failed with 27% for and 73% against.

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