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    Article V: Government Changes


    1) Elections.

    (a) The Court is empowered to oversee all elections and is empowered to resolve any election disputes according to the rules in this Constitution.
    (b) An election for a given government position is started if the term of the position has ended or the person in the position can no longer perfom his duties.
    (c) If the reason for an election is the end of a term, the election process must start eight days before the end of the given government position term. The previous official will remain in office until the end of the term or until a new candidate is elected, whichever is the later.
    (d) If the reason is the decision that the citizen in the government position can no longer perfom its duties, the election process must start immediately after this decision is made. Until a new candidate has been elected, the other members of the branch of government in question will appoint a substitute to temporarily take over the open position, allowing the game to continue.
    (e) At the start of the election process, all citizens who wish to be candidates for an office must publicly express their candidacy. For this they have three days. No citizen may be a candidate for an elected office if such candidacy might cause this citizen to be in more than one elected office simultaneously.
    (f) Once the time in which citizens may express their candidacy for a given elected office has expired, the Court will create an Election poll (see Article II, section 3.I) for the office, with the names of the candidates as options. The poll shall expire in five days.
    (g) If only one candidate is available for an office, a Yes/No poll shall be held to decide if this person may serve in this office. This poll shall expire in five days.
    (h) The candidate who received the majority of the votes and the election thread expires, this person will be declared the new holder of the office for which he was a candidate.
    (i) In case of a tie in the election poll, the other newly elected members of the same branch of government position in question whose election polls were not tied will vote again to decide which one of the tied candidates will take over this position. If all polls for executive branch positions are simultaneously tied then the Court (including the newly elected member, if there is one) shall select the President, and the President shall select the other ministers from the tied candidates in their respective election polls.

    2) Impeachment or Resignations.

    (a) Any Citizen may bring the case of impeachment of an elected Minister, President, or Judge to a member of the Court.
    (b) The Court shall review the allegations made, allow an answer by the accused, and by a vote determine if there are proper and legal grounds to hold a Resolution poll to decide on impeachment. If the accusations are found to be without legal merit, the allegations shall be dismissed.
    (c) Should a member of the Court be the subject of impeachment, he shall not take part in the decision by The Court. The President shall sit in this Court member place for the sole determination of whether the impeachment has merit, and shall be considered a “Judge” for that vote only.
    (d) If the Court decides there are grounds for impeachment, it shall start a poll in which it clearly states the person to be impeached and outlines the events that led to the request for impeachment. If the impeachment is confirmed by a majority of the voters in the poll, the officer in question shall be removed from the office, losing all rights and responsibilities thereof and the court must initiate nominations for an election to fill the office.
    (e) If an officer wishes to resign this officer will be asked to remain in the office until the end of the election to decide who will replace him. This overrules section 2(f). If the officer is unwilling to remain in office then paragraph 2(f) applies.
    (f) Until another citizen is elected to fill the office in question, the Court will choose a willing citizen to fill that office. The Court shall give preference to its members or the citizen who disputed the office with the impeached person in the last election. The chosen citizen will have the word temporary as a prefix to the name of the office this citizen holds.
    (g) If the term of an office filled by a temporary officer will end in less than two weeks the temporary officer will remain in the office until the end of the term. Otherwise a new election process for the office in question shall start and the temporary officer will remain in the office only until a new officer for the position is elected.

  • #2
    HTower Revision

    My personal revision on the CtP2 con
    Article V: Government Changes


    1) Elections.

    (a) The Court is empowered to oversee all elections and is empowered to resolve any election disputes according to the rules in this Constitution.
    (b) An election for a given government position is started if the term of the position is about to end or the person in the position is no longer in office for other reasons.
    (c) If the reason for an election is the end of a term, the election process must start eight days before the end of the given government position term. The previous official will remain in office until the end of the term or until a new candidate is elected, whichever is the later.
    (d) If the reason is the decision that the citizen in the government position can no longer perfom its duties, the election process must start immediately after this decision is made. Until a new candidate has been elected, the other members of the branch of government in question will appoint a substitute to temporarily take over the open position, allowing the game to continue.
    (e) At the start of the election process, all citizens who wish to be candidates for an office must publicly express their candidacy in a nomination thread begun by the court. For this they have three days. No citizen may be a candidate for an elected office if such candidacy might cause this citizen to be in more than one elected office simultaneously.
    (f) Once the time in which citizens may express their candidacy for a given elected office has expired, the Court will create an Election poll (see Article II, section 3.I) for the office, with the names of the candidates as options. The poll shall expire in five days.
    (g) If only one candidate is available for an office, a Yes/No poll shall be held to decide if this person may serve in this office. This poll shall expire in five days.
    (h) The candidate who received the majority of the votes after the election thread expires will be declared the new holder of the office for which he was a candidate.
    (i) In case of a tie in the election poll, the other newly elected members of the same branch of government position in question whose election polls were not tied will vote again to decide which one of the tied candidates will take over this position. If all polls for executive branch positions are simultaneously tied then the Court (including the newly elected member, if there is one) shall select the President, and the President shall select the other ministers from the tied candidates in their respective election polls.
    (j)In case of a tie in the election of a judge, the newly elected president will vote along with the two judges already in office in deciding who will be the new judge.

    2) Impeachment or Resignations.

    (a) Any Citizen may bring the case of impeachment of an elected Minister, President, or Judge to a member of the Court.
    (b) The Court shall review the allegations made, allow an answer by the accused, and by a vote determine if there are proper and legal grounds to hold a Resolution poll to decide on impeachment. If the accusations are found to be without legal merit, the allegations shall be dismissed.
    (c) Should a member of the Court be the subject of impeachment, he shall not take part in the decision by The Court. The President shall sit in this Court member place for the sole determination of whether the impeachment has merit, and shall be considered a "Judge" for that vote only.
    (d) If the Court decides there are grounds for impeachment, it shall start a poll in which it clearly states the person to be impeached and outlines the events that led to the request for impeachment. If the impeachment is confirmed by a majority of the voters in the poll, the officer in question shall be removed from the office, losing all rights and responsibilities thereof and the court must initiate nominations for an election to fill the office.
    (e) If an officer wishes to resign this officer will be asked to remain in the office until the end of the election to decide who will replace him. This overrules section 2(f). If the officer is unwilling to remain in office then paragraph 2(f) applies.
    (f) Until another citizen is elected to fill the office in question, the same branch of government will choose a willing citizen to fill that office. The first person considered will be the citizen who disputed the office with the impeached person in the last election. The chosen citizen will have the word temporary as a prefix to the name of the office this citizen holds.
    (g) If the term of an office filled by a temporary officer will end in less than two weeks the temporary officer will remain in the office until the end of the term. Otherwise a new election process for the office in question shall start and the temporary officer will remain in the office only until a new officer for the position is elected.


    WHAT WAS CHANGED
    -section 1(b) changed the begining of the election period to when the term "is about to end" in replacement of "has ended"
    -section 1(b) changed "can no longer perform his duties" to "is no longer in office for other reasons"
    -section 1(e) added "in a nomination thread begun by the court" after publicly express candidacy
    -section 1(h) changed "majority of the votes and the election thread expires, this person will be declared" to "majority of the votes after the election thread expires will be declared"
    -Added section 1(j) just in case a tie in the vote for judge occurs.
    -section 2(f) changed "the court will choose a willing citizen" to "the same branch of government will choose a willing citizen" as the CON stands we have two conflicting rules! Section 1(d) and section 2f)!
    -section 2(f) changed "The court shall give first preference to its members or" to "The first person considered will be" [i]No member of the government is allowed to hold two postions at once, so everyone already in the government must automatically be skipped.

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    • #3
      For comparison, this is (a slight modification of) my personal revision of this article for CTP2 (which deals with several omissions present in both previous versions like what to do if there are no candidates, etc.). Changes from the first version in bold.

      Article V: Government Changes

      1. Elections

      (a) The Court is empowered to oversee all elections and is empowered to resolve any election disputes according to the rules in this Constitution.
      (b) An officer can leave his office in three ways:
      * The term of the office ends.
      * The officer is impeached.
      * The officer resigns.

      (c) An election process must be initiated by the court eight days before the end of any government position term. The previous officer will remain in office until the end of the term or until a new candidate is elected, whichever is the later.
      (d) If an officer resigns or is impeached, the timing of the election process and allocation of duties is as described in Section 2.
      (e) At the start of the election process, the Court must start a nomination thread. All citizens who wish to be candidates for an office must publicly express their nomination in this thread. For this they have three days.
      (f) No citizen may be a candidate for an elected office if such candidacy might cause this citizen to be in more than one elected office simultaneously.
      (g) If no candidate is nominated the Court shall extend the nominations for a further three days. This extension can be repeated indefinately.
      (h) Once the time in which citizens may express their candidacy for a given elected office has expired, the Court will create an Election poll (see Article II, Subsection 3-I) for the office, with the names of the candidates as options. The poll shall expire in five days.
      (i) If only one candidate is available for an office, a Yes/No poll shall be held to decide if this person may serve in this office. This poll shall expire in five days.
      (j) If the single candidate is rejected by a majority of voters then the Court shall reopen nominations for that office.
      (k) The candidate who received the majority of the votes and the election thread expires, this person will be declared the new holder of the office for which he was a candidate.
      (l) In case of a tie in the election poll, the other newly elected members of the same branch of government position in question whose election polls were not tied will vote again to decide which one of the tied candidates will take over this position. If all polls for executive branch positions are simultaneously tied then the Court (including the newly elected member, if there is one) shall select the President, and the President shall select the other ministers from the tied candidates in their respective election polls.

      2. Impeachment

      (a) Any Citizen may bring the case of impeachment of an elected Minister, President, or Judge to a member of the Court.
      (b) The Court shall review the allegations made, allow an answer by the accused, and by a vote determine if there are proper and legal grounds to hold a Resolution poll to decide on impeachment. If the accusations are found to be without legal merit, the allegations shall be dismissed.
      (c) Should a member of the Court be the subject of impeachment, he shall not take part in the decision by The Court. The President shall sit in this Court member place for the sole determination of whether the impeachment has merit, and shall be considered a “Judge” for that vote only.
      (d) If the Court decides there are grounds for impeachment, it shall start a poll in which it clearly states the person to be impeached and outlines the events that led to the request for impeachment. If the impeachment is confirmed by a majority of the voters in the poll, the officer in question shall be removed from the office, losing all rights and responsibilities thereof.
      (e) Elections for a replacement shall be started only if they could conclude at least one week before the end of the term for the office. If elections are not started a temporary replacement can be chosen as described in paragraph (h).
      (f) The Court may open nominations for a replacement for the impeached official at any time while the impeachment poll is open if it considers that the impeachment is likely to occur. In this case, the nomination thread must clearly state that the election is conditional on the impeachment of the official.
      (g) If the impeachment poll closes and the officer is impeached and nominations have not yet begun, then the Court must start them as soon as possible.
      (h) The Court may choose a willing citizen to fill that office until a replacement is elected. The chosen citizen will have the word temporary as a prefix to the name of their office.

      3. Resignations

      (a) Any officer may announce his desire to resign at any time.
      (b) Elections for a replacement shall be started be the court upon this announcement only if they could conclude at least one week before the end of the term for the office.
      (c) The officer who wishes to resign shall be requested to remain in office until a replacement is elected.
      (d) If the officer is unwilling to remain in office, then the Court may choose a willing citizen to fill that office until a replacement is elected. The chosen citizen will have the word temporary as a prefix to the name of their office.
      Last edited by J Bytheway; January 31, 2003, 15:49.

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      • #4
        looks good, J
        All rise of the honourable Miggio, for 2 months at least.

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        • #5
          The revision as submitted by J Bytheway 18-01-2003 07:04 has been reviewed.
          If it ain't broke, find a bigger hammer.

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