Oneracon wrote:The Presidential Election Procedures Act has enough sponsors to be added to the queue and I move that it be added to the Electoral Standards Omnibus (#22 in the queue).
[spoiler=Presidential Election Procedures Act]Presidential Election Procedures Act
Authors: Oneracon [RG], Battlion [NLP] | Co-Authors: Aeken [LD], Mishmahig [Ind.], The Realm of God [PC]
Sponsors: Gallup [NIFP], Ainin [TR], United Soviet Jason Republic [LFP], Fulflood [LD], New Zepuha [Ind.]
The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,
RECOGNIZING the importance of regular fair elections for the preservation of Aurentine democracy;
NOTING the many issues which emerged during the last election;
SEEKING to establish firm and cohesive rules on the administration of presidential elections;
HEREBY ESTABLISHES the Electoral Commission as an arms-length agency of the Ministry of the Interior.
HEREBY ENACTS the following:SCHEDULE I: ELECTORAL COMMISSIONElectoral Commission
- The Electoral Commission shall be the administering body for all elections in the Aurentine Commonwealth.
- The Electoral Commission shall always conduct itself in as neutral a manner as possible.
- The Minister of the Interior shall not, in any way, attempt to impose partisan or government bias on the Electoral Commission.
Commissioner of Elections- The Electoral Commission shall be headed by a Commissioner of Elections.
- The Commissioner of Elections shall be appointed by Senate Administrators upon the advice of the leaders of all official parties.
- The Commissioner of Elections shall not vote in presidential elections.
SCHEDULE II: ELECTIONSTiming of Elections
- A presidential election shall take place no more than two (2) months after the previous election.
Registration of Candidates- The Electoral Commission shall begin registering candidates for president two (2) weeks before the scheduled election date and cease formally registering candidates once the election begins.
- Candidates may register or de-register as a candidate at any time during this period.
Structure of First Round- For the purposes of this Act "voting directly" shall be defined as a senator voting for themselves and not as a proxy.
- The first round of a presidential election shall be open to all registered candidates.
- Any candidate who receives a number of votes greater than or equal to 50% of all votes cast + 1 shall be declared the winner.
- Write-in votes shall only be permitted in the first round and only if they are entered by senators voting directly.
Structure of Second Round- Should no candidate meet the conditions to be declared the winner, a run-off round of voting shall commence consisting of only the top two (2) candidates.
- The candidate who receives a number of votes greater than or equal to 50% of all votes cast + 1 shall be declared the winner.
Voting Procedure- Voting shall be open for 96 hours each round.
- Votes may be written out in any format, provided that the name of the candidate being voted for is prominently noted.
- A Senator may change their vote at any time before the election ends.
- The only posts made in election threads shall be votes or counts of votes.
- Abstentions shall not be counted as part of the total number of votes, but may be counted separately for informational purposes.
Counting of Votes- After the end of the voting period the Commissioner of Elections shall, with the assistance of the Senate Administrators, count all votes entered in the election thread.
- The Commissioner of Elections may, at their discretion, call for as many recounts as they see fit to determine the results accurately.
- The Commissioner of Elections shall proclaim the winner of the election or (if applicable) the candidates that will move on to the second round.
SCHEDULE III: ELECTION-RELATED OFFENCESFalse and Misleading Political Advertising
- For the purposes of this Act "false and misleading political advertising" shall be defined as any individual, party, coalition or other group that posits that another individual, party, coalition, or group will undertake any actions or policies that are not stated in their platform or in official statements made on any Senate thread.
- For greater clarity, the definition of "false and misleading political advertising" includes the conflation of the statements of individual coalition/party members with coalition/party policy or platforms.
- The use of false and misleading political advertising shall not be permitted during a presidential election and the candidate registration period.
- The Commissioner of Elections shall require any individual, party, coalition, or group that engages in false or misleading political advertising to cease said advertising and publish an immediate retraction.
Electoral Fraud- For the purposes of this Act "electoral fraud" shall be defined as illegal interference with the process of an election including, but not limited to, submitting multiple votes or purposeful misrecording of votes.
- The Commissioner of Elections shall investigate all claims of electoral fraud.
- Should the Commissioner of Elections be themselves accused of electoral fraud, they shall submit to investigation by the Senate Administrators.
- Any senator found to have engaged in electoral fraud shall be suspended from voting for three (3) following presidential elections.
- In the event of widespread electoral fraud the Commissioner of Elections may, at their discretion and with the approval of the Senate Administrators, declare the results of an election to be invalid.
1. Sigh...I never knew the registration period was for candidates, not OOC voters.
2. Unfortunately I don't see proxy voting by TG banned. Which makes no sense - it has already been proven that TG voting must be banned. Or am I missing something here?
3. Note, I support proxy voting by forum post.
4. Great work otherwise, as usual.[/spoiler]