Bill: Rejected The Thwack Act

[Snowy_Heart]

A
Bill
To

Amend the Electoral Act
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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress, do hereby formally enact this non-binding resolution, as a request to our Government:

1–Short Title

1. This act may be cited as the ‘Wack’ act
2. This act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage
3. This Act has been authored by: Snowy_Heart
4. This act as been co-sponsored by: Snowyakemi

2- Reasons
Currently as it stands secretaries may not hold legislative positions, however they may run for congress. This discrepancy causes a multitude of problems including clear conflicts of interest as well as mixing the executive and legislative branch. currently If sworn in, the executive secretary must either resign their position as secretary or resign their position in congress. Both of these options cause the secretary to abandon the citizens of Redmont and lead to them failing the responsibilities they hold as either a representative or a secretary. In order to avoid this clear boundaries must be set that prevent secretaries from running for congress.


3- Amending Section 6 of the Electoral Act

House of Representatives
(1) Elections for the House of Representatives shall be conducted through a system of Proportional Representation outlined in this Act.
(2) In order to run for the House of Representatives, citizens need to meet these requirements:
Has accrued 24 hours playtime 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.
(3) House of Representatives Duration

Changes to:

House of Representatives
(1) Elections for the House of Representatives shall be conducted through a system of Proportional Representation outlined in this Act.
(2) In order to run for the House of Representatives, citizens need to meet these requirements:
Has accrued 24 hours OF ACTIVE playtime 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.
(3) Not a current cabinet secretary of the executive branch


4- Amendment to section 7 of the Electoral Act

7 - Senate
(1) Elections for the Senate shall be conducted through a system of block voting outlined in this Act.
(2) The Senate shall be divided into two classes, Class A and Class B. Class A Senators are elected in January, May, and September elections. Class B Senators are elected in March, July, and November elections.
a. Where 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) In order to run for the Senate, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has accrued 72 hours playtime 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.

Changes to:


7 - Senate
(1) Elections for the Senate shall be conducted through a system of block voting outlined in this Act.
(2) The Senate shall be divided into two classes, Class A and Class B. Class A Senators are elected in January, May, and September elections. Class B Senators are elected in March, July, and November elections.
a. Where 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) In order to run for the Senate, citizens need to meet these requirements:

• Has accrued 72 hours OF ACTIVE playtime 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.
• Not a current cabinet secretary of the executive branch

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