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[PASSED] Amendments to the Elections Act
  • Offline Altmoras
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#1
11-13-2017, 07:14 AM

A motion and a second have been received for the following amendment to Article 3 of the Elections Act

This is a vote on a general law, and requires a simple majority to pass.

The voting period is three (3) days. Voting will end on November 16th at 6:16 AM EST.

The debate thread can be found here.

Quote:2. Electoral System

(1) Unless otherwise stated, all elections held on the regional forums will be conducted via Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).

5. Office of the Chair
(1) Eight days before the end of a Chair's term, the Assembly will convene to elect the Chair of the Assembly.
a. Any legislator wishing to run for Chair may declare their candidacy, and the Assembly will debate the merits of their platform.
b. The campaign and debate period will last 5 days, after which the Assembly will vote for 3 days.

(2) The voting for the Chair will be conducted using Approval Voting.
a. Voters may vote for as many candidates as they approve of, or vote for none by voting to Re-Open Nominations.
b. The candidate with the highest percentage of approval will be elected.
c. Should no candidate recieve at least 50% approval, the option to Re-Open Nominations will be "elected".

(3) The term for the incoming Chair will begin immediately following the conclusion of the election.
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#2
11-13-2017, 07:47 AM

Aye.
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11-13-2017, 08:05 AM

Aye.
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11-13-2017, 09:12 AM

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#5
11-13-2017, 11:40 AM

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#6
11-13-2017, 12:27 PM

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#7
11-13-2017, 07:08 PM

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#8
11-18-2017, 08:58 AM

Despite the 3 day time allotment in the OP, this vote has been kept open for 5 days, which is a happy accident because the Elections Act is a constitutional law anyways!

This amendment has passed.




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