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[DRAFT] Totally Not Controversial Election Reform
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#21
05-27-2020, 10:51 PM

Um... no, not at all.

How about this?
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(8) Electoral fraud shall be defined as the manipulation of the democratic process in the South Pacific, wherein--
a. an individual recruits people to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose, regardless if the recruited persons are aware of that purpose;
b. a group of individuals organize themselves to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose that would alter the natural outcome of the vote;.
c. a candidate running in an election sends a mass telegram, whether by use of stamps or scripts, at any point during the period of that election.
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#22
05-27-2020, 10:52 PM

My concern with this is the possibility of a candidate creating a puppet or having a private citizen send a mass telegram on their behalf.
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#23
06-02-2020, 12:01 AM

Alright, I'm making the move to apply the Regional Communications Act to private citizens and take action against the solicitation of endorsements in mass telegrams.

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Regional Communications Act

An act clarifying proper communication by government officials and private citizens

1. Scope

(1) Modes of mass communication covered include
a. Mass Ttelegrams to the region using Regional Officer powers, stamps, or scripts

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2. Mass Communication

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(2) Communications to the region shall not

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e. deliberately influence a regional election in favour of or against specific candidates, groups, or political parties
f. solicit endorsements without the approval of the Delegate


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06-02-2020, 02:06 AM

Without having looked through it yet (because I'm about to start work), I worry that simply expanding the entire act well beyond its intended scope like that could lead to unexpected side effects.
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06-02-2020, 03:57 AM

I just think this would be unenforceable and fail to serve as the intended deterrent.
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#26
06-02-2020, 10:04 PM

Adding private citizens to the RCA does way more than just not allowing campaign telegrams. It means literally everyone in NationStates is subject to these rules, because everyone is capable of sending scripts and stamps. There are numerous extra restrictions which might seem okay even if they restrict free speech but then also the Delegate gets to add extra restrictions at will and decide what private citizens get to message about, and a lot of it will be unenforceable. The delegate can suspend mass communication powers for people with Communications RO, but not for anyone using stamps or scripts.

And then the messy definition of "does it count as a mass telegram if they message everyone the same thing manually"...
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#27
06-03-2020, 04:26 PM

After consideration, I will withdraw my latest proposal and return to my penultimate bill. Perhaps a competing bill vote with Somy's version.
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06-10-2020, 07:17 PM

I motion for a competing bill vote between the following:
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#29
06-10-2020, 07:45 PM

Is Somy okay with their proposal as is? I don't want to support this motion until I know if both authors want their bills to go to a vote, and would ask the CoA to ensure both authors still have their bills on the floor before starting a vote.
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#30
06-11-2020, 09:06 PM

I don't want my proposal to go to a vote, no. I see too many holes in it and would rather not encourage the passage of anything here.
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