Rescinded House Standing Orders

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Establish Standing Orders for the 4th House of Representatives​

The people of Democracy Craft, 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 - Election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
(1) The President is to assume the chair of the Congress and ask for those who wish to be elected Speaker to nominate themselves by notifying the President.
(a) The nomination period shall last for 12 hours.
(3) Should only one member be nominated then they shall be declared Speaker of The House.
(4) Should more than two members be nominated, all members are to vote for the
Speaker. The ballot is to be conducted through instant runoff voting. The winner of
the ballot is to be declared the Speaker of the Congress.
(5) Upon certifying the election of the Speaker, the Speaker is to assume the authority to
enforce these standing orders and call the Congress to order.

2 - Election of the Deputy Speaker
(1) After the selection of the Speaker, the Speaker is to assume the chair of the Congress and ask for those who wish to be elected Deputy Speaker to nominate themselves by notifying the Speaker.
(a) The nomination period shall last for 12 hours.
(3) Should only one member be nominated then they shall be declared Deputy Speaker of Congress.
(4) Should more than two members be nominated, all members are to vote for the Deputy
Speaker. The ballot is to be conducted through instant runoff voting. The winner of
the ballot is to be declared the Deputy Speaker of the Congress.
(5) Upon certifying the election of the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Speaker shall be vested with the power to enforce the rules of the Congress in the absence of the Speaker.

3 - Congressional Process
1) The Bill is posted to forums by the sponsoring Representative as a Bill: Draft. A link will be posted to #bill-proposals by the representative.

2) When debate is finished in the House of Representatives, the Speaker will add a poll to the bill for a 48 hour voting period. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.

3) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:

(a) If the Bill is passed, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Pending and move it to the Senate, notifying the Vice President; or

(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum.

4) When debate is finished in the Senate, the Vice President will re-open the poll for 48 hours. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.

5) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:

(a) If the Bill is passed, the Vice President will move the bill to the Congressional forum, notifying the President for their assent; or

(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Vice President will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum with Senate recommendations in the comments.

6) If a bill is passed by Congress, the President will do the following:

(a) The President will sign the Bill and move it to the Acts of Congress forum. The Speaker’s Office will update the Rules and Laws; or

(b) The President will Veto the Bill and move it to the Rejected forum, providing the reason in the comments.

7) Once the changes have been made, the Speaker's office will announce the changes to the public.

Note: 14 day rejected bill wait period will be removed to allow House to amend the rejected bill as a new bill thread and pass it again. This process can continue without limit.