Provincial Clark -48th national Cosâ

[Ian Plätschisch]

The Informed Voter Act

WHEREAS It is getting close to our first local senatorial election, and
WHEREAS We want to perform it correctly, and
WHEREAS There are a few tweaks which would make the process better, and
WHEREAS We should make it as easy as possible for voters to know about candidates, and
WHEREAS The current law has no method by which to comply with Org.IV.5

THEREFORE Section 4 of the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, which currently reads

IV. Senate elections for Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be held simultaneously to national elections. During the week preceding the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall call for those wishing to run for Senate to make public both their candidacy and a 50-word statement. At the start of the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall open the voting, and voters shall rank the candidates in preference order. The rules of Instant Runoff Voting (Alternate Voting) shall be used to determine the winner.

Shall be amended to read

IV. Senate elections for Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be held simultaneously to national elections. During the week preceding the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall call for those wishing to run for Senate to make public both their candidacy and a 50-word statement. At the start of the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall open the voting, and voters shall rank the candidates in preference order. The venue for voting shall display the 50-word statement of each candidate, and any party endorsements made for a candidate. The rules of Instant Runoff Voting (Alternate Voting) shall be used to determine the winner.


FURTHERMORE, a Section 5 is added to the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, which reads;

V. Party endorsements for Senatorial candidates may be made by party leaders, who shall publicly make said endorsements within Maritiimi-Maxhestic no later than 24 hours before the start of the election.

Uréu q'estadra så;
Ian Plätschisch

Voting is closed. Bill fails 0-3-1

RUMP - Alexandreu Davinescu - Con
RUMP - Alexandreu Davinescu - Con
TSP - Galen Zavala-Sherby -
TSP - Galen Zavala-Sherby -
MRPT - Ian Plätschisch - Aus
FDA - M.T. Patritz da Biondeu- Con

PP - Vacant

[Ian Plätschisch]

Per Aus

(Note; I will conduct elections this way even if the law fails, because I am M3 and there is no law saying I cant.  However, I think this is good procedure for future M3s.)

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Con. I think one of the growing new strengths of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is inter-party communication and friendly cooperation, and it's something I want to embrace alongside our ancient autocratic heritage (now thankfully in the dustbin of history) and our status as a groundbreaking bastion of democracy. To that end, I think it would be good not to put official endorsements by party and all that stuff on our ballot.

[Ian Plätschisch]

Jan 4, 2016 12:42:54 GMT -6 Sir Alexandreu Davinescu said:

Con. I think one of the growing new strengths of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is inter-party communication and friendly cooperation, and it's something I want to embrace alongside our ancient autocratic heritage (now thankfully in the dustbin of history) and our status as a groundbreaking bastion of democracy. To that end, I think it would be good not to put official endorsements by party and all that stuff on our ballot.

Except that someone could sue for being denied the right to endorse a candidate.  And why would including 50-word statements be bad?

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

I don't really see how declining to list the endorsements on our official ballot could get us sued. Parties can endorse whoever they want, however they want.

I think you're right about the 50-word statement, and I'd be on board with that.

[M.T. Patritz da Biondeu]

Con

[Ian Plätschisch]

Having considered that I don't really like the idea of Senatorial endorsements anyway, and AD is a fine lawyer if we need him, I change my own vote to AUS. The bill can no longer be passed, and voting is closed. Later, I will introduce a similar bill that only deals with 50-word statements and not endorsements

[Ian Plätschisch]

We Have an M3, Why Don't We Use Him? Act

WHEREAS The Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call is currently supposed to be issued by the GSU, and

WHEREAS The whole purpose of appointing an M3 is to have them run elections, so making the GSU issue the Call doesn't make any sense, and

WHEREAS There is also a typo


THEREFORE Section 2 of the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic Election Law, which currently reads

II. Responding to the "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is simple, and amounts to giving public notice to Maritiimi-Maxhestians during the national election. To faciliate this process, the Grand Specific Undersecretary will post a notice of this requirement, no earlier than ten days before, and no later than, the national 'Balloting Day'. This public notice shall be formally called the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' and must be made available on request to any Maritiimi-Maxhestian who requests it. The 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is updated each time a Maritiimi-Maxhestians answers the call. The "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' must indicate each Maritiimi-Maxhestian who wishes to accept the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call', who they are appointing their seat to if they are not taking it themselves, and any information about their political positions in Maritiimi-Maxhestic.

Shall be amended to read;

II. Responding to the "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is simple, and amounts to giving public notice to Maritiimi-Maxhestians during the national election. To facilitate this process, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo will post a notice of this requirement, no earlier than ten days before, and no later than, the national 'Balloting Day'. This public notice shall be formally called the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' and must be made available on request to any Maritiimi-Maxhestian who requests it. The 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is updated each time a Maritiimi-Maxhestians answers the call. The "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' must indicate each Maritiimi-Maxhestian who wishes to accept the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call', who they are appointing their seat to if they are not taking it themselves, and any information about their political positions in Maritiimi-Maxhestic.


Uréu q'estadra så;
Ian Plätschisch

Voting is closed.  Bill passes 3-0-0

RUMP - Alexandreu Davinescu - Per
RUMP - Alexandreu Davinescu - Per
TSP - Galen Zavala-Sherby -
TSP - Galen Zavala-Sherby -
MRPT - Ian Plätschisch - Per
FDA - M.T. Patritz da Biondeu-
PP - Vacant

[Ian Plätschisch]

Per

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

I vote unreservedly per.

Also, Ian, I really appreciate that you're always willing to listen to other points of view and adjust to new information, and that we can usually find points of agreement on stuff like this. I know you get some heat from it from some quarters.

[Ian Plätschisch]

Voting is now closed. Bill passes 3-0-0

[M.T. Patritz da Biondeu]

How did i miss this? I vote per, after the fact.