Act of Congress 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 Senator 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) 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.

 

[End]

Nay - Referendums should not be rushed. Referendums are for our amending our constitution and should never be rushed.

 

[lcn]

Aye.

In response to End- by the time an amendment reaches the stage of referendum, it has already passed both chambers of Congress with supermajority and has been signed by the president. Additionally, the president must specifically request that the referendum happen. The time for review by the government has ended. When a referendum is started and announced, citizens will always have 96 hours to review the amendment, with voting being open in the second half of that. This law solely guarantees that the Executive holds the referendum in a timely manner, with urgently considered bills given priority. That being said, the president still has almost complete discretion on an amendment being put forth. This law will do nothing to 'rush' a referendum, citizens are still guaranteed 48 hours to deliberate and 48 hours to vote, the same as always. The only thing that is changed is the timeframe it has to be started under.

 

[1950Minecrafter]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR​