Bill: Draft Referendum Timeframe Removal Act

[Moyfr]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Electoral Act​

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 'Referendum Timeframe Removal Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by lcn.
(4) This Act has been proposed by Representative Moyfr.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative ToadKing.

2 - Reasons
(1) This subsection, upon the signing of the Referendum Timeframe Fix Act, will be made unnecessary and illegal.
(2) To amend the Electoral Act.

3 - Amendment
(1) The following shall be amended from Section 13 in the Electoral Act:

"13 - Referendum
(1) For all intents and purposes of this Act, a Referendum is regarded as an election.
(2) Referendums take place over a period of 48 hours.
(3) Referendums shall be started within the following time period:
(a) If the referendum is for a bill under urgent consideration, the referendum shall be started within 48 hours of the request of the President, if the bill has been granted Presidential Assent, or if its Presidential Veto has been overridden.
(b) If the referendum is for a bill not under urgent consideration, the referendum shall be started within 1 week of the request of the President, if the bill has been granted Presidential Assent, or if its Presidential Veto has been overridden.
(c) Any other referendums shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of State within a reasonable time."