House and Senate Candidate Clarity Act

[Omegabiebel]

A
BILL
To

Provide for Clarity on Candidates who run for both House of Representatives and Senate​

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 House and Senate Clarity Act
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Omegabiebel.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons

(1) It is currently unclear what happens to the calculation when a candidate wins both the House of Representatives election and the senate election.​

3 - Amendment

(1) Section 5 of the Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:​

“(6) Winner Determination. The process continues until all seats are filled. The candidate with the most votes after the final round of counting is declared the winner of the final seat.

(a) If the amount of seats remaining is equal to the amount of candidates, the remaining candidates are elected.

(7) Candidates elected in the regular Senate election at the same time as they are running in a regular House of Representatives election shall be regarded in the calculation of the election results of the House of Representatives as if they did not participate. Any votes shall be transferred according to the next preference on the ballot.