I propose the following amendments to the Election Act:

Article 4 - Election Commission


1. Elections will be run by a member of the forum administration staff, acting as an election commissioner.
2. A designated Election Commissioner may be appointed if all members of the administration staff will be candidates in the given election, or if no administrator is able to be an Election Commissioner.
3. A designated Election Commissioner shall not be considered a member of the forum administration staff, and shall exercise no powers except those which are explicitly delegated to it.
4. The Election Commissioner is responsible for creating appropriate elections threads, verifying nominations, verifying Conflict of Interests disclosures, collecting and counting ballots, and officiating ballot results.

Article 5 - Pre-Election Procedures
1. The day preceding the start of the pre-voting period, the Administration Team must perform a citizenship check, ensuring that all citizens are in compliance with the regulations of the Charter.

These changes are not necessarily meant to be mutually exclusive from other discussions regarding Electoral Commission reform.

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And what if the admins "drop the ball" as you have stated elsewhere? We just throw our arms up and say "oh well, let's just ride it out" Since we obviously disagree on how that instance should be handled, perhaps you have a better idea?

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If Admins drop the ball, then I think our laws should err on the side of those under threat of being disenfranchised.

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Considering for all other elections we have successfully performed timely checks, I don't see why this once instance should determine future policy. Let's base our decisions on what is most likely to happen, not on isolated incidents.

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GR has said elsewhere that when similar instances have happened they simply look the other way, so this is not an isolated instance.

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I am a Super Villain

Animefan666 (me): One day I'd like to wipe out humanity...and maybe conquer the city. Ya know, the usual.
Then, once everyone is a zombie, we all starve and Serling dies. A perfect end to a doomed city.
Zombie61: /Rename Animefan666 to The-Brain.
Animefan666: So, now that we've established that I am Brain, who will be my not so brainy sidekick Pinky?

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Kris: You suddenly remind me of Magneto's White House Speech in Days of Future Past.
TAC: So who's gonna be my right hand mutant?

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Fortunado: And now i need something to restore my faith in humanity... been a struggle to stop losing it.
LeSageStupide: Have you ever just stared at TAC's avatar for a while? It helps a lot.

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No, I think his point was that, should this happen again, we should not punish citizens for what is admin's fault.

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All in favour, except Article 5.1

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Local Council Member(April 24-August 11)

Court Justice of TSP(August 15-December 7)

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"The 1% is like a 1% battery charge. It will die out if it is not charged(the charge is the 99%). But if you don't charge it, it will die for sure, sooner or later"
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Really? Of all of them, I think Article 5.1 is the most significant part of this amendment.

I still think there needs to be some sort of regulation for ongoing election periods. Not addressing the matter seems unwise and could cause similar issues in the future. We can't expect the admins to get it right EVERY time.

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I am a Super Villain

Animefan666 (me): One day I'd like to wipe out humanity...and maybe conquer the city. Ya know, the usual.
Then, once everyone is a zombie, we all starve and Serling dies. A perfect end to a doomed city.
Zombie61: /Rename Animefan666 to The-Brain.
Animefan666: So, now that we've established that I am Brain, who will be my not so brainy sidekick Pinky?

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Kris: You suddenly remind me of Magneto's White House Speech in Days of Future Past.
TAC: So who's gonna be my right hand mutant?

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Fortunado: And now i need something to restore my faith in humanity... been a struggle to stop losing it.
LeSageStupide: Have you ever just stared at TAC's avatar for a while? It helps a lot.

(This post was last modified: 03-24-2015, 03:48 PM by Rasikal.)

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What if the administration team somehow forgets about a citizen? Or something similar occurs? Although it is very rare that this will happen, that will deprive a forgotten citizen of his or her vote.

Deputy Regional Minister of the Planning and Development Agency(March 8-May 19, 2014)

Local Council Member(April 24-August 11)

Court Justice of TSP(August 15-December 7)

Quotes

"The 1% is like a 1% battery charge. It will die out if it is not charged(the charge is the 99%). But if you don't charge it, it will die for sure, sooner or later"
- Me (2001- Present)

"Change is the world's blood"
- Me (2001-Present)

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Since we moved away from having an actual separate entity for ECs the admins have always dealt with this during elections. Admins have removed citizenship mid-election and discounted votes in the past.

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