A motion and a second have been received for the following amendment to the Sunshine Act.

This is a vote on an amendment to a general law. As such, it requires a simple majority vote (50%+1) to pass.

The timing allotted for this vote is three days. Voting will end on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

The debate thread is here.

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(2) The Cabinet may institute a classification system to ensure that discussions that are still undergoing or discussions that would seriously threaten the security of the region are not released too early.The Cabinet may elect not to release threads, or parts of threads, that address ongoing issues or threaten regional security. These threads must be released as soon as reasonably possible and appropriate.

(3) The Cabinet shall regularly update the classification status of its discussions and not abuse the classification system to prevent its discussions from being published.

(4) The Cabinet may publish its discussions at earlier intervals if it wishesat its discretion or if it has been petitioned to do so by a memberlegislator.

2. Failure to Publish Cabinet Discussions

(1) The Cabinet may refuse to publish a discussion that has been petitioned by a member.
a. The reasons for which as well as the discussions in questions must be made available to the High Court.
b. The High Court may overturn the Cabinet refusal to publish a discussion.

(2) In the event that Cabinet discussions older than 8 months have failed to be published, the current Cabinet must publish those discussions in a speedy manner.

32. Publishing of High Court Proceedings

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3. Publishing of Council on Regional Security Discussions

(1) The discussions of the Council shall be released every 8 months for public archival accessible to all members of The South Pacific.

(2) The Council may elect not to release threads, or parts of threads, that address ongoing issues or threaten regional security. These threads must be released as soon as reasonably possible and appropriate.

(3) The Council shall regularly update the classification status of its discussions.

(4) The Council may publish its discussions at earlier intervals at its discretion or if it has been petitioned to do so by a legislator

4. Failure to Publish Organization’s Discussions

(1) A government organization may refuse to publish a discussion that has been petitioned by a legislator.
a. The reasons for which, as well as the discussions in questions, must be made available to the High Court.
b. The High Court may overturn an organization’s refusal to publish a discussion.

(2) In the event that an organization’s discussions older than 8 months have failed to be published, the current members of said organization must publish those discussions in a speedy manner.

(This post was last modified: 05-18-2017, 06:57 PM by Cormac.)

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Nay

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With 5 votes Aye, 17 votes Nay, and 8 votes Abstain, this amendment to the Sunshine Act has failed with 23% for and 77% against.

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