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[PASSED] Amendment to the Elections Act
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#1
10-14-2021, 05:55 PM

I don't remember if this is something that can be done by the Chair via typo correction or if the Assembly would have to vote on it, but I think these adjustments to the Elections Act are worth considering for the same of uniformity.

Elections Act
An act establishing elections for office

1. Election Commission Commissioner

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2. Electoral System

(1) Unless otherwise stated, elections held on the regional forums will be conducted via Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).
a. The form of IRV used must be Optional Preferential Voting (OPV); voters may vote for one or multiple candidates in descending order of preference.
b. Should no candidate have an absolute majority once all votes have been counted then the candidate with the least number of votes shall be eliminated from the election. Should more than one candidate have the least number of votes, the candidate with the least number of votes on the next order of preference shall be eliminated. If their numbers of votes are still equal, both shall be eliminated.
c. The votes of those voting for the eliminated candidate(s) will be reallocated based upon the expressed preferences, or discounted if no further preferences are expressed.
d. This process will continue until a candidate has an absolute majority. Should the final candidates have an equal number of votes when all have been allocated, the Elections Committee Election Commissioner will select a method of arbitration. If the method chosen involves chance, then an unaffiliated Discord bot in a public channel will be used to generate a result randomly using a coin toss or some similar set of pre-defined outcomes.

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(4) To be eligible to be included in a voting ballot, any candidate must post a campaign in an area designated by the Election Commission Commissioner. The campaign must prominently include a truthful declaration of all potential conflicts of interest the candidate may have within and outside of the South Pacific.

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4. Offices of the Cabinet

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(2) The candidate for each position with the most votes will be declared the Minister-elect by the Election Commission Commissioner.
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10-19-2021, 05:59 PM

I motion the amendment in the OP to a vote.
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10-19-2021, 06:26 PM

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10-20-2021, 10:01 AM

Forgot to post this here, but this is now at vote.
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10-20-2021, 10:48 AM

Just out of curiosity, I wonder if any of those legislators who are voting Nay could provide any insight into why they are doing so? I mainly want to know if there are any concerns that they have about the amendment that could be addressed in this thread.
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10-25-2021, 04:39 AM

This has passed.
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