Shall we ratify the following as a section of the Code of Laws?

D. The Legislative Branch
1. The Senate (Governors)
A. Structure
1. The Senate shall be comprised of all Provincial Governors
A. Should the number of provinces at the beginning of a term
be less than 3, a number of At-Large Governors shall be
elected.
1. The number of At-Large Governors shall be that needed to
bring the total number of Governors to 3.
2. Should a new province be formed in mid-term, and an
At-Large Governor exist, the At-Large Governor receiving
the most votes in support during the election shall become
the Provincial Governor of the new province.
2. The Senatorial President shall be the Vice-President
A. The Senatorial President shall be empowered to vote only when
a Senate vote is tied.

B. A governor organizes the production of their province.
1. A governor organizes the build queues of the cities in thier province
1. A governor organizes the tile use in their province.
2. If a tile is unused, it may be used by a city in a neighboring
province.
3. A governor organizes tile development in their province.
4. A governor may determine if population rushing is to be used
in a city within their province.

C. The Senate shall meet prior to each turn chat and vote on the slider
settings for the next game play session in a Senate Slider poll.
1. The results of this vote shall be posted by the Senatorial President
in the game play session instruction thread.
2. Should the Senate fail to determine the slider settings, the
Designated Player shall determine the slider settings.

D. The Senate shall meet prior to each turn chat and vote on all cash
requests in a Cash Request poll.
1. These requests should be made in the Senate thread, or another
designated thread indicated in the first post of the Senate thread.
2. Each request should be considered individually unless the requestor
specified otherwise.
3. Each request should be voted on seperately.
4. Should more requests be approved than funds available, requests
shall be conducted in the order determined by the Designated
Player.

2. The Congress (Citizens)
A. Comprised of all registered citizens of Fanatika.

B. Provincial borders shall be determined and approved
by the Congress.
1. A province should contain no more than approximately 126 tiles
2. Provincial borders shall be defined well ahead of expansion.
3. When a defined province grows to 3 cities in the middle of an
term, and no At-Large Governor exists, a temporary governor
must be appointed by the President.
A. Any citizen may post a refusal poll for the appointment.
4. Any citizen may request a redistricting poll be held by creating
a new thread in the Citizen's sub-forum with the request. Should
more than 2 other citizens second the request, the Minister of
Internal Affairs shall create a redistricting poll.
a. This poll shall ask the question "Shall we redefine the boundaries
of our Provinces?" and be open for 4 days.
b. If the poll meets a quorum level of 2/3 the census and 2/3 of the
votes support the question, the Minister of the Interior shall
immediately conduct a discussion on redefining the boundaries of
all Provinces.
c. Once all boundaries have been created, the entire plan shall be
polled for acceptance. There shall be no quorum level, and the
poll shall be open for 4 days. If 2/3 of the votes accept the
proposal, the new boundaries shall become active with the next
election.

3. Legislative Polls
A. Senate Polls
1. Slider Polls
A. Proposal shall list all slider options under consideration.
B. Poll shall be in open response format (normal post option, not
a poll).
C. The setting with the most votes shall be the approved setting.
D. The minimum duration for this poll is 24 hours.
2. Cash Request Polls
A. Proporal shall list all cash requests.
B. Poll shall be in open response format (normal post option, not
a poll).
C. Each request receiving a majority of the total votes in support
shall be considered approved.
D. The minimum duration for this poll is 24 hours.


Relevant Discussion
Legislative Discussion (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1488740)

Please vote as follows:
Yes
No
Abstain

This poll shall be open for 4 days.

-- Ravensfire

Bump! Don't we need to ratify this before anyone is empowered to post instructions on the sliders?

Originally posted by DaveShack
Bump! Don't we need to ratify this before anyone is empowered to post instructions on the sliders?

Err, nothing to see here - losing mind - we are a hedge, please move along!

Ahh, had we but delayed things 2 weeks ... If my tally is accurate, the Constitution is Ratified, all of the CoL is either ratified or in poll, and all but 1 or 2 sections of the CoS is either ratified or in poll. So close ...

-- Ravensfire

Umm, Senates let alone dont have enough power, why take away more?

I support this section of our laws.

Umm... who posts the instrucitons for cash rushes? I see the VP is supposed to report the slider vote but there seems to be no provision for anyone to post cash rush authorizations. Perhaps someone can point me to a section of the CoS that addresses this? If there is none then I would suggest those of you who like writing rules so much draft something so it can be enacted before we leave despotism.

I wonder who authorizes pop rushes?

Originally posted by donsig


I wonder who authorizes pop rushes?

The Bulgar's do!

Oh wait, that was pop de-rushes.

Originally posted by donsig
Umm... who posts the instrucitons for cash rushes? I see the VP is supposed to report the slider vote but there seems to be no provision for anyone to post cash rush authorizations. Perhaps someone can point me to a section of the CoS that addresses this? If there is none then I would suggest those of you who like writing rules so much draft something so it can be enacted before we leave despotism.

I wonder who authorizes pop rushes?

Cash rushes are a type of a cash request - so the Senate handles them.

Pop rushes are up to the Governor.

Hope that helps!
-- Ravensfire

Hmmmm
D.1.C.1 specifically says where slider settings are posted and by whom.
D.1.D says about deciding but not about posting the result!
looks a bit strange to state it for one but not the other......