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[PASSED] Placement of Voter Restrictions
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12-12-2021, 11:14 PM

We currently have a restriction on legislators voting in elections that were ongoing at the time of their admission to the Assembly. This provision is located in Article 2, Section 6 of the Legislator Committee Act, even if it does not have anything to do with the Legislator Committee. I would argue that the Elections Act would be a more logical location for this provision, since anyone looking for regulations on elections and who may vote in them would logically look into the Elections Act. To that effect, I would like to submit the following amendments for consideration:

Legislator Committee Act
An act to establish a commission to manage legislators

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2. Legislator Applications

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(6) Anyone admitted to legislator status during a forum election in which only legislators may vote, from the time nominations begin until the conclusion of forum voting, may not stand for election nor vote in that forum election.

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An act establishing elections for office

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2. Electoral System

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(4) To be eligible to vote in, or stand for, a forum-based election, a legislator must have been accepted by the Legislator Committee before the period for nominations began for that particular election.

(4) (5) To be eligible to be included in a voting ballot, any candidate must post a campaign in an area designated by the Election 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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12-13-2021, 08:36 PM

sounds fine and reasonable, support
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12-13-2021, 08:43 PM

Considering how long some applications take to be processed by LegComm, how about something along the lines of; 
(4) To be eligible to vote in a forum-based election, a legislator must have applied to be a legislator before the period for nominations began for that particular election, and has been accepted by the Legislator Committee before the period for voting ends,
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12-18-2021, 09:37 AM

I welcome thoughts on the above.
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#5
12-18-2021, 05:51 PM

So the reason this provision is in place is to prevent undue influence/votestacking/voter importation prior to elections.

Sure, with a little pre-planning it makes it easier to disguise, but LegComm knows who the bad actors are and is quite good at smelling bad faith. 

I am in favor of Kris' proposal though. It seems reasonable and it's absolutely reasonable that this be moved to the Elections Act for the sake of clarity.
 
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#6
12-20-2021, 12:07 PM

Is the goal here just to transfer the language? It’s missing the other prong, saying you can’t stand for election either.
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12-20-2021, 12:59 PM

(12-20-2021, 12:07 PM)sandaoguo Wrote: Is the goal here just to transfer the language? It’s missing the other prong, saying you can’t stand for election either.

I must’ve missed that. Fixed.
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12-27-2021, 10:06 AM

Motion to vote.
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12-27-2021, 02:34 PM

Am I allowed to give an opinion?
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