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[PASSED] A2104.03 Amendment to the PfS Charter (Quorum Requirement for Votes) - Purple Hyacinth - 04-16-2021
Legislators,
There has been a seconded motion to bring an amendment to the Partnership for Sovereignty Charter that adds a quorum requirement for votes to vote. The debate thread can be found here.
As this is an amendment to a treaty, it requires a simple majority (greater than 50%) to pass. The voting period will last 5 days, ending on April 21 at 8:30 UTC (9:30 in London, 4:30 in New York, 18:30 in Sydney).
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 should be posted there.
CHARTER OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR SOVEREIGNTY...
Article II. Setting Vote Recommendations.
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Section 3. After discussion, any representative may motion for a vote on a vote recommendation, such a vote will last 24 hours or until all members have voted. A vote recommendation includes the option preferred by the parties and the reasoning published for the recommendation. In order to issue a recommendation, 60% of voting representatives must support the recommendationa quorum of one-half of delegations must be reached, and three-fifths of non-abstaining representatives must support the recommendation. If the proposed vote recommendation does not reach this threshold, the Partnership will not issue a vote recommendation on that Security Council proposal.
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Article IV. Membership Guidelines
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Section 2. Following discussion of the application, a 72 hour vote will be held and, if three-fourths of voting delegations concurnon-abstaining delegations concur, with a quorum of one-half of voting delegations, the region shall be admitted.
Section 3. Should an application vote fail to reach quorum, discussion of the application shall continue for one week, after which a second vote is held. Should the second vote fail to reach quorum, the application is automatically rejected.
RE: [AT VOTE] A2104.03 Amendment to the PfS Charter (Quorum Requirement for Votes) - Purple Hyacinth - 04-21-2021
This has passed with an 80% majority (41 Ayes, 10 Nays, 26 Abstains).