Poll: Should this amendment be adopted?

**Amerion** · 07-25-2019, 01:30 AM

Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 1 of the Criminal Code.

The debate thread can be found here.

A motion and a second have been received to bring this amendment to a vote.

As this is a general law amendment, the voting period is three days and will require a simple majority of those voting in favour to pass, with the exception of abstentions. The vote will end on the 28^th of July, 2019, at 5:30 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.

Text of the Amendment Wrote:
Criminal Code

An act laying out crimes against the Coalition and their punishments

1. Crimes

...

(8) Electoral Fraud shall be defined as a manipulation of the democratic process in The South Pacific, wherein an organised body of abettors conspire to obtain legislator status with the intent to vote for private or personal advantage.

(8) Electoral fraud shall be defined as the manipulation of the democratic process in the South Pacific, wherein--
a. an individual recruits people to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose, regardless if the recruited persons are aware of that purpose;
b. a group of individuals organize themselves to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose that would alter the natural outcome of the vote.

(This post was last modified: 07-28-2019, 03:48 AM by Amerion.)

Poll: Should this amendment be adopted? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Aye	70.59%	36	70.59%
Nay	3.92%	2	3.92%
Abstain	25.49%	13	25.49%
Total		51 vote(s)	100%