When the Constitution was first being debated, MP DuBois had this part of the original draft stricken out of the Constitution. However, he did not strike out or re-edit Article 23, section 1 on how the Prime Minister is elected. This section specifies that an Electoral Commissioner has to conduct the elections. The final draft did not specify who the EC was and how appointed...
It's a problem that we have to solve immediately.
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Article 1.
1.) This act shall be cited as the “National Elections Amendment”.
Article 2.
2.) The Constitution shall be amended to include the following after Part V as Part VI of the Constitution:
| QUOTE | Part VII [Elections]
Section 37. [STV]
All elections must be by the single transferable vote and conducted using the script at demochoice.org or a reasonable equivalent.
Section 38. [Timetable]
All elections must be held within twenty-one days of an opening of office.
Section 39. [Electoral Commissioner]
All Elections must be run by an Electoral Commissioner.
(1) The Electoral Commissioner is appointed by the Emperor, subject to confirmation by majority votes of the Imperial Parliament.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner must be an Alexandrian citizen in a non-partisan position, if such a person is not available then an impartial foreigner may be brought in to act as Electoral Commissioner for the Empire of the Alexandrians.
(3) The Electoral Commissioner must prepare a roll of citizens eligible to vote, and this list must be published at least fourteen days before the election.
(4) Any objections must be heard by the Electoral Commissioner within five days of publication of the electoral roll. The Electoral Commissioner's decision with respect to such objection is subject to judicial review.
Section 40. [Accountability]
Once an election has been decided by popular vote, the results shall be respected by all citizens unless there is reason to believe the results were spurious, in which case any citizen or group of citizens may bring proceedings before the judiciary.
Section 41. [Basic standards]
Elections shall be conducted in a free and fair manner. |
Article 3.
This constitutional amendment shall become official after the terms stipulated in Article 38 of the Constitution are completed.
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Looks familiar and I like it!! One thing though is this system to work on a provincial level or a national level?
me likes it!
VOTE: OUI.
PM.Poiters. Serving Alexandria.