Bill: Pending Clarifying Electoral Requirements Act

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A
BILL
To

Amend The Electoral Act to Clarify Electoral Requirements​

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 ‘Clarifying Electoral Requirements Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by State Secretary Technofied.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. Kaiserin_.

2 - Reasons
(1) Activity requirements should be checked at a consistent point in the electoral process to prevent undue discretion by the Department of State.
(2) Activity requirements for referendums are already defined in the Constitution.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 4 of Electoral Act shall be amended to:

“4- Electoral Terms and Limitations

(1) Candidates are to make their official political party affiliations known or if none, opt to run as an independent. Failure to identify a party affiliation will result in the candidate being declared an independent.

(2) Each candidate is to be listed separately on the ballot. If able, with their party in parentheses by their name.

(3) False party affiliations will be excluded at the request of the relevant party leader.

(4) Political parties cannot sponsor a higher number of candidates than seats that are up to vote.

(5) Unless otherwise provided, General Presidential and Congressional Elections will operate on a ten-day cycle during an election month, where:

(a) Declaration Period. Seven-day-long declaration period between the first to the seventh day of the month.

(b) Voting Period. three-day-long declaration period between the seventh to the tenth day of the month.

(c) Announcement Period. Election results are released at the earliest opportunity on the tenth day of the month.

(d) Activity Requirements.
(i) All playtime requirements for candidates seeking election must be checked at the end of the declaration period.
(ii) All playtime requirements requiring active playtime must be considered in the last 30 days directly preceding the end of the declaration period.
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(2) Section 13 of Electoral Act shall be amended to:

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13 - Referendum

(1) For all intents and purposes of this Act, a Referendum is regarded as an election.

(2) The right to vote in elections and referendums, provided the player has:

a. Has been online within 1 month as the votes are counted.

b. Has accrued 12 or more hours of playtime in the last 30 days.

(3) Referendums take place over a period of 48 hours.
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