A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act

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Whereas the Cézembrean Senate seat will be contested during the 51st election, and

Whereas the Orglaw and the Cézembrean constitution allow the province to conduct its own senatorial election, and

Whereas in the absence of provincial legislation the election would be conducted by the chancery, and

Whereas part of the process of growing up as a province is conduting our own elections, and

Whereas we should have a discussion about a long term solution for all Cézembrean elections, but

Whereas such a solution won't be in time for the upcoming elections, and

Whereas Cézembre has conducted its own Sénéchal elections in the past, and

Whereas this provides us with a template to conduct the upcoming Sénéchal elections, now

Therefore the upcoming election of the Lord Warden will be conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent in accordance with chapter V of the Cézembrean constitution,

Furthermore the following shall be the procedure for the upcoming election of the Lord Warden:

• 1. The voting phase of the election shall coïncide with the 51st Cosa elections and the nomination phase shall be the week preceding the 51st Cosa elections.
• 2. If the Conducting Officer, designated by the Constitution decides to run as a candidate, he/she must appoint someone else to act as Conducting Officer in his/her stead.
  
  
• 3. Before the election starts, the person conducting the election must request and be granted access to the Cézembrean section of the electoral database, in accordance with the Provincial Minions Act.
  
  
• 4. All candidates contesting in the election may choose to elect a representative to supervise the elections.
  
  
• 5. A candidate representative as appointed according to clause 4 must be a citizen of Talossa, may not be a candidate in the election, and must request and be granted access to the Cézembrean section of the electoral database, in accordance with the Provincial Minions Act.
  
  
• 6. Before the start of the nomination phase the Conducting Officer will send all voters an email explaining the election procedures. This message must be posted online as well to ensure voters who did not receive the email have the chance to notify the Conducting Officer of the mistake, so it can be fixed.
  
  
• 7. If the Conducting Officer is notified of a change in email address, he/she must report this change to the chancery.
  
  
• 8. The election will be conducted using Ballotbin or a similar automated ballot that is capable of conducting the elections in accordance with the provisions of this act.
  
  
• 9. The settings of the Bin must be so that the Admins can only see the results after the election, the candidates are presented in random order and the election is conducted using a preferential vote.
  
  
• 10. After the election, the representatives of the candidates will be given access to the admin account of the election.
  
  
• 11. After the election the Conducting Officer will post all the cast ballots, in such a way that they cannot be linked to the voters.
  
  
• 12. The final result will be calculated using Instant Runoff Voting, with ties being decided by random chance in a transparent way.
  
  
• 13. It will be considered a criminal offense for any of the candidate representatives or the Conducting Officer to communicate to anyone about the order in which the candidates voted, how the candidates voted (if known) or the email addresses of the different voters or to use this information in any other way than for the conduct of the elections.
  
  
• 14. Exception to clause 13 can be made when the information is used as evidence in a court case.
  
  
• 15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position.
  
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If there are no further comments, I will call for a vote on this.