A
Bill
To
Make Parliament Replacements a Public election
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title (1) This Act is the Public Parliament Replacement Act.
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provisions shall come into effect upon passage.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) During a term Parliament members may leave for whatever reason and with only other parliament members deciding who can and cannot replace the empty seat, this takes some of the power away from the people when they cast their votes every 3 months, this is to keep the power with the people in who they want representing them.
Section 4. Constitutional Amendments
(1) Section 2 Election and Replacement to Parliament
(III) Any citizen may run for Parliament as long as they meet the baseline requirements of;
(A) Having joined the server at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the election.
(B) Having a playtime of at least 5 days.
(C) Being active in-game, forums, and discord. Inactivity is defined as being off of the server for at least 2 weeks.
(IV) The Parliament election process;
(A) is to be held every 3 months,
(B) is to last 7 days, beginning on the first Thursday and finishing on the second Thursday of every election month.
(C) is where citizens are to have 4 days from the start of the election period to declare their candidacy to run for Office on the forums and after the declaration period has concluded, no more candidates may run,
(D) is where once the declaration period to run has concluded, all citizens will then have 3 days to vote for up to 9 candidates of their choosing.
(E) is where after the polls have been open for 3 days, they will close and the 9 candidates with the most votes will be sworn in as newly elected Members of Parliament.
(1) In the event of a tie between candidates, a second vote will commence between the tied candidates and the electorate will vote again for a period of 48 hours.
(2) Once this 48 hour voting period has concluded, The Candidate(s) with the most votes will win the remaining seat(s) and be sworn in as a newly elected Member of Parliament.
(V) In the event, a Member of Parliament resigns from Office or is removed and the Parliamentary seat then becomes vacant, the following process is to be followed;
(A) The Speaker of Parliament will begin the process to fill the vacancy by posting a Member of Parliament expression of interest form in Government Announcements, which the general public may fill in to nominate themselves to fill the vacancy.
(B) After at least 24 hours have passed, the Speaker of Parliament will close the expression of interest document.
(C) A nominee pool will then be created consisting of everyone that received at least 2 nominations in the expression of interest document.
(D) A vote will then be held to the general public to decide which nominee from the nominee pool will fill the seat.
(E) After the two days, the votes will be verified and the nominee who has received the most votes will fill the empty seat of parliament.
(1) Note that if the Parliament term is 21 days out from the next Parliament election, the seat does not have to be filled.
Bill
To
Make Parliament Replacements a Public election
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title (1) This Act is the Public Parliament Replacement Act.
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provisions shall come into effect upon passage.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) During a term Parliament members may leave for whatever reason and with only other parliament members deciding who can and cannot replace the empty seat, this takes some of the power away from the people when they cast their votes every 3 months, this is to keep the power with the people in who they want representing them.
Section 4. Constitutional Amendments
(1) Section 2 Election and Replacement to Parliament
(III) Any citizen may run for Parliament as long as they meet the baseline requirements of;
(A) Having joined the server at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the election.
(B) Having a playtime of at least 5 days.
(C) Being active in-game, forums, and discord. Inactivity is defined as being off of the server for at least 2 weeks.
(IV) The Parliament election process;
(A) is to be held every 3 months,
(B) is to last 7 days, beginning on the first Thursday and finishing on the second Thursday of every election month.
(C) is where citizens are to have 4 days from the start of the election period to declare their candidacy to run for Office on the forums and after the declaration period has concluded, no more candidates may run,
(D) is where once the declaration period to run has concluded, all citizens will then have 3 days to vote for up to 9 candidates of their choosing.
(E) is where after the polls have been open for 3 days, they will close and the 9 candidates with the most votes will be sworn in as newly elected Members of Parliament.
(1) In the event of a tie between candidates, a second vote will commence between the tied candidates and the electorate will vote again for a period of 48 hours.
(2) Once this 48 hour voting period has concluded, The Candidate(s) with the most votes will win the remaining seat(s) and be sworn in as a newly elected Member of Parliament.
(V) In the event, a Member of Parliament resigns from Office or is removed and the Parliamentary seat then becomes vacant, the following process is to be followed;
(A) The Speaker of Parliament will begin the process to fill the vacancy by posting a Member of Parliament expression of interest form in Government Announcements, which the general public may fill in to nominate themselves to fill the vacancy.
(B) After at least 24 hours have passed, the Speaker of Parliament will close the expression of interest document.
(C) A nominee pool will then be created consisting of everyone that received at least 2 nominations in the expression of interest document.
(D) A vote will then be held to the general public to decide which nominee from the nominee pool will fill the seat.
(E) After the two days, the votes will be verified and the nominee who has received the most votes will fill the empty seat of parliament.
(1) Note that if the Parliament term is 21 days out from the next Parliament election, the seat does not have to be filled.
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