Bill: Pending Ballot Receipt Act

[missandrist]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution and the Electoral Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Ballot Receipt Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted once the plugin has been amended and certified by staff.
(3) This Act has been authored by Speaker MissAndrist and Rep. CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) There have been constant concerns with how ballots are counted currently under the Electoral Act.
(2) The people of Redmont are entitled to a receipt ensuring their vote is counted.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 20 of the Electoral Act shall be created as follows:
“(1) Immediately after an individual has submitted a vote in an election, that individual shall receive a Ballot Receipt.
(a) The Ballot Receipt shall be received both in "/mail" and as an in-game system message shown in that individual's chat.
(b) The contents of the Ballot Receipt shall include:
(i) the time and day that the vote was submitted in UTC;
(ii) what the election was for (e.g. House of Representatives); and
(iii) rankings of candidates in order (if applicable) and/or selected candidate(s) (if applicable).
(c) The contents of the Ballot Receipt shall not be visible to any governmental body.
(d) Soliciting a voter to reveal the contents of their Ballot Receipt in any way shall be prohibited."