Bill: Draft Urgent Referendum Act

[Omegabiebel]

A
BILL
To

Provide for Urgent Referendums​

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 ‘Urgent Referendum Act’
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Omegabiebel with input from DOS and Secretary Technofied.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) There is currently no suggested or hard deadline on referendums

3 - Amendment
Section 13 of the Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:
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13 - Referendum

(1) For all intents and purposes of this act, a Referendum is regarded as an election.

(2) The right to vote in elections and referendums, provided the player has:

a. Has been online within 1 month as the votes are counted.

b. Has accrued 12 or more hours of playtime in the last 30 days.

(3) Referendums take place over a period of 48 hours.
(4) 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 passage in Congress, unless the president vetoes first.
(b) If the referendum is for a bill not under urgent consideration, the referendum shall be started within 1 week of signature by the President.
(c) Any other referendums shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of State within a reasonable time.