Legislators,

Two proposals have been introduced to amend Article IV of the Charter and Article 2 of the Regional Officers Act.

The debate threads can be found here for the amendment to the Charter and here for the amendment to the Regional Officers Act.

A motion and a second have been received to bring these amendments to a vote.

As one of the amendments relates to a constitutional law, the voting period is five days and will require a three-fifths supermajority to pass. The vote will end on the 8^th of February, 2019, at 8:30 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.

IV. THE ASSEMBLY

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(2) The Assembly will elect a Legislator as Chair for a term lasting four months. The Chair is responsible for maintaining order and decorum, and helping guide Assembly debate into the creation of bills. If a Chair is recalled, loses Legislator status, or is otherwise not in office, a new Chair will be elected for a new term lasting four months. The Election Commission Commissioner will be responsible for organizing Chair elections.

2. Regional Officers

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(7) During elections, at least one member of the Election Commission the Election Commissioner will be granted the Polls and Communication powers.

(This post was last modified: 02-08-2019, 08:05 AM by Amerion.)

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AMENDMENTS PASSED

8 February 2019

(A1902.03)

Legislators,

Please be advised that the vote to amend Article IV of the Charter and Article 2 of the Regional Officers Act has passed.

The final tally is 41 in favour, 4 in opposition, with 5 abstaining, for a total of 50 votes.

The vote was passed with 91.1% voting in favour, exceeding the requirement for a three-fifths supermajority of those voting with the exclusion of abstentions.

A spreadsheet of the vote breakdown is attached for your convenience.

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