A motion and a second have been received for the following amendments to the Election Act, the Sunshine Act, and the Charter.

This is a vote on omnibus legislation that includes amendments to constitutional law. As such, it requires a three-fifths supermajority (60%) to pass.

The timing allotted for this vote is five days. Voting will end on May 25 at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

The debate thread is here.

Conflict of Interest Amendments
Amendments to address conflicts of interest for election candidates and public officials

1. Amendments to the Election Act

(1) Article 7, Section 5 of the Election Act will be amended as follows:

(5) No person holding a Cabinet office or the office of the Delegate may hold any equivalent office in a foreign region or organisation.

(2) Article 8 of the Election Act will be amended as follows:

8. Conflict of Interest Disclosure

(1) Candidates for Delegate, Prime Minister, Cabinet Minister, and Chair of the Assembly must file conflict of interest disclosures prior to the voting period in order to be eligible to appear on an election ballot or be elected. Conflict of interest disclosures must be filed as the first post in each candidate's campaign thread, and must be filed even if other campaign material is not provided.

(2) Conflict of interest disclosures must include the following information:
a. Current World Assembly nation;
b. All past and present alternate identities;
c. All current foreign regional and organizational involvement as a citizen or equivalent member, including all offices or military ranks held;
d. All foreign regional and organizational involvement as a citizen or equivalent member within the past year, including all offices or military ranks held.

(3) Information may be withheld from conflict of interest disclosures to preserve the integrity of military or intelligence operations in which the South Pacific Special Forces are participating or have participated, with certification from the Minister of Military Affairs or the General Corps in the case of military operations, or the Intelligence Coordinator for the Council on Regional Security in the case of intelligence operations.

(4) The Election Commission will, prior to the voting period, disqualify a candidate from appearing on the ballot and from being elected if they have not filed a conflict of interest disclosure, or if information required to be included in their conflict of interest disclosure has been omitted.

9. Constitutional Law

2. Amendment to the Sunshine Act

(1) The Sunshine Act will be amended as follows:

4. Conflict of Interest Disclosure

(1) The Delegate, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Chair of the Assembly, Permanent Justice, and members of the Council on Regional Security must file conflict of interest disclosures with the Assembly, in a manner determined by the Chair. Each official must update their conflict of interest disclosure with any new information in a timely manner throughout their term of office.

(2) Conflict of interest disclosures must include the following information:
a. Current World Assembly nation;
b. All current foreign regional and organizational involvement as a citizen or equivalent member, including all offices or military ranks held.

(3) Information may be withheld from conflict of interest disclosures to preserve the integrity of military or intelligence operations in which the South Pacific Special Forces are participating or have participated, with certification from the Minister of Military Affairs or the General Corps in the case of military operations, or the Intelligence Coordinator for the Council on Regional Security in the case of intelligence operations.

(4) Failure to update a conflict of interest disclosure with any new information in a timely manner, by any official required to maintain such a disclosure, will constitute violation of the law and will be grounds for recall.

3. Amendment to the Charter

(1) Article XI, Section 1a of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

a. Recalls should only be initiated for dereliction of duty, abuse of authority, conflicts of interest, or violations of the law, and not for purposes of political rivalry.

4. Omnibus Legislation

(1) This legislation is omnibus legislation, and if any amendment contained herein does not meet the required voting threshold for passage, no amendment contained herein will be enacted.

(This post was last modified: 05-25-2017, 08:46 PM by Cormac.)

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Good shit m8

As I mentioned on Discord, please don't post in voting threads unless you're casting a vote. Some people have to cast votes by posting instead of voting in the poll if they're on their phones, so we like to keep posts in voting threads to a minimum. Thanks.

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I wish to raise a point of order: seeing as how the CoA believes the debate time resets when a new draft of a bill is proposed, I would like to as the Chair to declare this vote invalid as it was started before the 5 day debate period had ended on this draft of this bill.

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I wish to raise a point of order: seeing as how the CoA believes the debate time resets when a new draft of a bill is proposed, I would like to as the Chair to declare this vote invalid as it was started before the 5 day debate period had ended on this draft of this bill.

The above legislation was a new draft of the same bill. Your request is denied.

Also, I'm only going to say this once more: No more superfluous posts in voting threads.

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Nay

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With 15 votes Aye, 18 votes Nay, and 4 votes Abstain, these amendments have failed with 45% for and 55% against.

(This post was last modified: 05-25-2017, 08:46 PM by Cormac.)

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