Bill: Pending Electoral Requirements Amendment Act

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A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution to clarify Election 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 “Electoral Requirements Amendment Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act was authored by State Secretary Technofied, with feedback from Sen. CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act is co-sponsored by Rep. Kaiserin_.
(5) This bill takes precedence in any conflicting acts.

2 - Reasons
(1) Requiring a candidate to have playtime before they declare is substantially harder to verify for the Department of State, as any playtime after the candidate’s declaration needs to be calculated and subtracted from their total playtime. This process is tedious and inefficient across several candidates.
(2) The point in the electoral process where the Department of State will check playtime can be specified outside the Constitution by amending the Electoral Act.
(3) Mandating a voter be online within a month of votes being counted for their vote is redundant with needing to have accrued 6 hours playtime in order to vote.
(4) The plugin used to track active playtime does ‘last 30 days’, not ‘monthly’

3 - Amendments
(1) The Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act will be amended as below.

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8. Elections for the House of Representatives

(1) Voting System. Elections for the House of Representatives shall be conducted through a system of Single Transferrable Vote.

(2) Activity Requirements. In order to run for and maintain their seat in the House of Representatives, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has 12 hours active monthly playtime in the last 30 days
• Has accrued 24 hours active playtime prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums.

9. Elections for the Senate

(1) Voting System. Elections for the Senate shall be conducted through a system of Single Non-Transferrable Vote.

(2) Classes. The Senate shall be divided into two classes, Class A and Class B.

(a) When the entire Senate is up for election, the highest polling 50% of Senators shall be assigned to Class A while the remaining Senators shall be assigned to Class B.

(3) Activity Requirements. In order to run for and maintain their seat in the Senate, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has 12 hours active monthly playtime in the last 30 days
• Has accrued 72 hours of active playtime prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums

26. Election

(1) Voting System. Elections for the Presidency shall be conducted through a system of Instant-Runoff Voting.

(2) Presidential Requirements. In order to run for the office of President of Redmont, a citizen must meet these requirements:

• Has 12 hours active monthly playtime in the last 30 days
• Has been 4 months since the player’s initial join date
• Has accrued 300 hours of active playtime prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums.
• A Presidential candidate cannot be the previously elected President.

28. Vice President
The Vice President serves as the second-highest ranking executive officer and acts as an adviser to the President.

(1) Vice Presidential Succession. If the position of Vice President becomes vacant, the President shall nominate a replacement, subject to supermajority Senate confirmation.

(2) Vice Presidential Requirements. In order to run for and maintain the office of Vice President of Redmont, a citizen must meet these requirements:

• Has 12 hours active monthly playtime in the last 30 days
• Has been 4 months since the player’s initial join date
• Has accrued 150 hours of active playtime prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums.
• A Vice Presidential candidate cannot be the most recently elected President.

PART IV - RIGHTS & FREEDOMS

33. Rights & Freedoms
The Redmont Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it, subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law that are justified in a free and democratic society.

(1) The right to participate in, and run for elected office, unless as punishment for a crime.

(2) The right to vote in elections and referendums, provided the player has accrued 6 or more active hours of playtime in the last 30 days at the time of voting.:

(a) Been online within 1-month the last 30 days as the votes are counted.

(b) Accrued 6 or more hours of playtime in the last 30 days.