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Thanks for the explanation Kris Kringle.
I still reckon at most two people need to be able to see the results. In fact, I reckon two is the perfect number for it.
John Hills- President of Ausstan
Why don't we have a permanent EC - someone like Tsu who we all trust - and the permanent justice as an observer, with language that makes it clear that the PJ *must* verify the results for them to be valid or something.
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(02-05-2018, 03:52 AM)Seraph Wrote: Why don't we have a permanent EC - someone like Tsu who we all trust - and the permanent justice as an observer, with language that makes it clear that the PJ *must* verify the results for them to be valid or something. Yeah, this works too. This way there are two people who see the results, reducing corruption, but meaning that there are still people in relatively useless positions.
John Hills- President of Ausstan
We used to have a small pool of EC's, and usually only one doing any of the work. LadyRebels was usually the on handling everything. Since she left, we've had a revolving door of EC's.
Other than Hile's issues, had we had any other issues? Is the EC that's running elections always asking for help? Things may not always start when we want them to, but RL does come first, and 36 hours isn't that great of an issue... Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk
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Deranged in NS since 2011 One and ONLY minion of LadyRebels The OUTRAGEOUS CRAZY other half of LadyElysium (02-05-2018, 03:52 AM)Seraph Wrote: Why don't we have a permanent EC - someone like Tsu who we all trust - and the permanent justice as an observer, with language that makes it clear that the PJ *must* verify the results for them to be valid or something.Main issue would be a contingency for when the PJ runs. I've personally jumped from Justice to another position at least three times, so there is precedent.  I'd oppose anything that stops the PJ from running though, so not that. (02-05-2018, 07:18 PM)Farengeto Wrote:(02-05-2018, 03:52 AM)Seraph Wrote: Why don't we have a permanent EC - someone like Tsu who we all trust - and the permanent justice as an observer, with language that makes it clear that the PJ *must* verify the results for them to be valid or something.Main issue would be a contingency for when the PJ runs. I've personally jumped from Justice to another position at least three times, so there is precedent. It would be a fairly simple contingency to have the the next Justice in the pool brought in to observe should the PJ run, so that really isn't a problem. Marius Rahl Fortitudine Vincimus!
That was what I was thinking when I made the suggestion.
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Seeing as the issue is still unresolved, bumping the discussion yet again.
To consolidate some of the past discussion, here is a proposal:
If the issue is that the role itself doesn't have as much to do, then there's two options:
(1) Assign the responsibilities to somebody else (maybe the justices) and abolish the EC. Edit: Maybe a better option than abolishing would be to have the EC a temporary commission/organization that is staffed by the justices as needed. (2) Expand the responsibilities of the EC in a way that would merit somebody occupying the role on a constant basis. Pursuant to point (2) how an Election Commission usually works is that it oversees ALL elections. Not really sure how political parties work within TSP, but the EC could also oversee elections in political parties. Also, EC's are usually in charge of dealing with and interpreting the laws and regulations around elections. Therefore, it would make sense if the EC had 1 Legislator and 1 Justice as part of the commission. Either way, if the EC position itself will remain, maybe it should be a termed position. I'm not 100% sure how it works now, but from what I've gathered it's essentially a pool of people that are the go-to per election. Instead, have it so that whoever is appointed or assigned as EC *must* remain in that position for a minimum term of 6 or 12 months. |
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