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| Elections Act of 2006 Article 1. Name. This act shall be officially cited as the “Elections Act of 2006”. Article 2. Demochoice.org. All elections must be by the single transferable vote and conducted using the script at demochoice.org or a reasonable equivalent. Article 3. Timetable. All elections must be held within twenty-one days of the opening of an office. Article 4. State Electoral Commission. All elections must be run by the State Electoral Commission, to be headed by an Electoral Commissioner. (1) The Electoral Commissioner is appointed by the Emperor through Imperial Decree, subject to confirmation by majority votes of the Imperial Parliament should a member of Parliament motion so. The motion should not delay the course of a constitutionally mandated election. (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. The Emperor may appoint more people to the State Electoral Commission to assist the Electoral Commissioner in his duties as long as they meet the non-partisanship requirement. Judges and magistrates may serve as members of the State Electoral Commission. (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. Article 5. 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. Article 6. Basic standards. Elections shall be conducted in a free and fair manner. Article 7. Imperial Assent. This act shall not become law until it is granted Imperial Assent. |
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| Article 18 [Elections] (1) The Members of the Parliament shall be elected by general and direct ballot. The Prime Minister of the Empire calls for these by-elections in each territorial subdivision. (2) Elections to Parliament are held the second weekends in February, May, August, November, or when the Parliament has been dissolved. (3) Vacancies must be filled by the parties of the members who last occupied those seats. If the seat was held by an independent, the Emperor must appoint another independent to the vacancy. (4) Each party may nominate a party list with up to as many candidates as there are seats. Independents also may nominate. |
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| Article 23 [Prime Minister, How Elected] The Administrative Power of the Empire shall be vested in the Prime Minister of the Empire, in that he shall see to the logistical implementation of Parliamentary law. He shall hold his office for a term of four months and be elected as follows: (1) Under the supervision of the Electoral Commissioner, the ballots shall be tallied. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be Prime Minister, if such number be a majority of votes cast. If no person receives a majority of votes cast a special Election shall be called by the Emperor for thirty days hence and the three persons receiving the greatest number of votes during the general election shall be placed on the ballot. The person receiving the greatest number of votes during the special election shall be the Prime Minister notwithstanding a majority of votes received. He shall set the agenda for the progress of His Majesty’s Government for a session. |
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