Bill: Rejected Best Ballot Act

[Milkcrack]

A
BILL
To
Amend the Constitution​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives and Senators 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 “Best Ballot Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately after it has been signed into law.
(3) Authored by Milkcrack
(4) Co-Sponsored by Rep. ManagerHell

2 - Reasons
(1) The Senate is supposed to be the chamber of review to the House, to ensure that “bad bills” are not passed into law. Therefore the Senate was meant to be composed of more experienced politicians. So to ensure, experience without making the senate an oligarchy a wide range of jobs have been selected that allow entry to run.

3 - Senate Election Requirements
(1) The Constitution is amended as follows:

"(3) In order to run for the Senate, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has accrued 72 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums
• Is an active participant in the community, in-game, on discord, and on the forums."

Is changed to:

"(3) In order to run for the Senate, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has accrued 72 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days prior to declaring their intent to contest the election on the forums.
• Has previously been elected or appointed to the role of Representative, Senator, President, Vice President, Secretary, Deputy-Secretary, Chief of Staff, Mayor, Attorney General, Ambassador, Solicitor General, Town-Council, Judge, Justice, Chief-Justice or any other role that requires senate approval.
• Is an active participant in the community, in-game, on discord, and on the forums"

 

[Westray]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and may be put to referendum.