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Aye
84.62%
33 84.62%
Nay
7.69%
3 7.69%
Abstain
7.69%
3 7.69%
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[PASSED] A2001.03- Amendment to the Elections Act (RON thresholds)
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Legislators, 

A motion to vote on an Amendment for the Elections Act has been seconded.

As the Elections Act is a Constitutional law, the voting period will be for 5 days, closing on February 4th, 01:20 UTC.  This will require a 60% Supermajority to pass.

The debate thread can be found here.

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.
 
Amendment to Articles 3 & 5' Wrote:
ELECTIONS ACT

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3. Office of the Delegate

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(2) On the first of every January and July, the Assembly will convene for the first round of Delegate elections.
a. Any eligible legislator wishing to run for Delegate may declare their candidacy, and the Assembly will debate the merits of their platform. Any player who has been banned from World Assembly membership will be considered ineligible and any candidate who is later discovered to be banned from World Assembly membership will be immediately disqualified.
b. The campaign and debate period will last one week, after which the Assembly will vote for 3 days.
c. This round of voting for delegate will be conducted using Approval Voting.
d. The two candidates with the highest number of approvals will move to a second round of voting conducted via a poll of Native World Assembly members.
e. Should the voting result in a tie, more than two nations may move onto the second round of voting.
f. If an advancing candidate receive less than 50% approval, the option to Re-Open Nominations will be "approved", and the process for that slot shall begin again at the campaign and debate period.

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5. Office of the Chair

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(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 noIf the winning candidate receive at leastless than 50% approval, the option to Re-Open Nominations will be "elected". 
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This vote has now closed.

This amendment has passed with a 92% majority.  There were 39 votes total: 33 Ayes, 3 Nays, and 3 Abstains.




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