ravensfire
Member of the Opposition
Citizen's Initiative - The Tribal Government Act of 4000BC
Section 1 Offices
In order to function, the structure of the Government must be defined, and duties allocated. In all of the offices declared below, the specifics of how the office is run are left up to the office holder. Office holders can delegate duties, but not responsibilities. This means an official can have another citizen conduct actions in their name, but the official is responsible for the actions, or lack thereof.
As our nation is small, this government reflects that reality.
The Chieftain is the supreme leader of our nation. They control all units and have all powers not granted to another official. This includes overseeing Elections and the Designated Player pool.
Each city will have an Elder. The Elder controls all functions of the city. If a city is founded in mid-term, the Elder will be appointed by the Chieftain. The Elder for the first city will be elected in the first term.
Additional offices may be created by initiative. Offices created in the middle of a term will be filled by appointment, for that term only.
Section 2 Coup
Officials may be removed from office by a Coup. To declare a Coup, any citizen may post a thread in the citizen forum declaring a coup against an official or group of officials. If two other citizens support the coup, a poll is posted asking if the citizens support the official(s) targeted by the coup. This poll is private, single-choice, and must be set to expire in 4 days.
If the number of citizens that voted to not support the officials exceeds by number of citizens that voted to support the officials by at least one and a half as many votes (a 3/5 majority), the coup is successful. The citizen who originally called for the coup immediately replaces the official targeted by the coup. If more than one official is targeted, the citizen may choose which office they take. The citizens removed from office may not be reappointed to any office for 7 days.
If the coup fails, the citizen calling for the coup is removed from any elected office they hold. They may not be appointed to any office for 7 days. They may not call for another coup for the remainder of the current term.
Section 3 Confirmations
Any appointment may be challenged by a confirmation poll. If a confirmation poll does not already exist for an appointment, any citizen may create such a poll. This poll must be created within 48 hours of the appointment, and must ask "Do you approve of <description of appointment>", contain only Yes, No and Abstain options, be marked private, single-choice and expire in 2 days. When the poll closes, if the majority of citizens, not including abstain, voted No, the appointment is overturned. Any other result confirms the appointment.
Changelog
v.0
-- Posted
v.1
-- Renamed Warlord to Chieftain (I suspect well have a military leader in the mid-late first term, and Warlord is the perfect title for that!)
-- Added clause about adding offices
-- Clarified that we start with one elected elder
-- Cleanup of language throughout proposal
Todo
-- Come up with a better name than Chieftain. Really. I dont like it, but think Warlord makes a great name for military leader.
Comments:
Thanks for supporting my Tribal idea! I think its a slick little system, and it interjects some fun into a usually droll subject. I think well be able to see some of the positions we create change in both duties and in names over time. (Chief Scout in charge of exploration becomes Foreign Affairs when those duties are needed, Warlord renamed to Marshall as the military gets larger, etc).
Please look through it to find any inconsistencies and conflicts with the Constitution. Likewise, if youve got any suggestions, please post em.
My plan is to post on Saturday a proposed poll, and post the Initiative poll on Monday, with the poll running for 4 days.
Section 1 Offices
In order to function, the structure of the Government must be defined, and duties allocated. In all of the offices declared below, the specifics of how the office is run are left up to the office holder. Office holders can delegate duties, but not responsibilities. This means an official can have another citizen conduct actions in their name, but the official is responsible for the actions, or lack thereof.
As our nation is small, this government reflects that reality.
The Chieftain is the supreme leader of our nation. They control all units and have all powers not granted to another official. This includes overseeing Elections and the Designated Player pool.
Each city will have an Elder. The Elder controls all functions of the city. If a city is founded in mid-term, the Elder will be appointed by the Chieftain. The Elder for the first city will be elected in the first term.
Additional offices may be created by initiative. Offices created in the middle of a term will be filled by appointment, for that term only.
Section 2 Coup
Officials may be removed from office by a Coup. To declare a Coup, any citizen may post a thread in the citizen forum declaring a coup against an official or group of officials. If two other citizens support the coup, a poll is posted asking if the citizens support the official(s) targeted by the coup. This poll is private, single-choice, and must be set to expire in 4 days.
If the number of citizens that voted to not support the officials exceeds by number of citizens that voted to support the officials by at least one and a half as many votes (a 3/5 majority), the coup is successful. The citizen who originally called for the coup immediately replaces the official targeted by the coup. If more than one official is targeted, the citizen may choose which office they take. The citizens removed from office may not be reappointed to any office for 7 days.
If the coup fails, the citizen calling for the coup is removed from any elected office they hold. They may not be appointed to any office for 7 days. They may not call for another coup for the remainder of the current term.
Section 3 Confirmations
Any appointment may be challenged by a confirmation poll. If a confirmation poll does not already exist for an appointment, any citizen may create such a poll. This poll must be created within 48 hours of the appointment, and must ask "Do you approve of <description of appointment>", contain only Yes, No and Abstain options, be marked private, single-choice and expire in 2 days. When the poll closes, if the majority of citizens, not including abstain, voted No, the appointment is overturned. Any other result confirms the appointment.
Changelog
v.0
-- Posted
v.1
-- Renamed Warlord to Chieftain (I suspect well have a military leader in the mid-late first term, and Warlord is the perfect title for that!)
-- Added clause about adding offices
-- Clarified that we start with one elected elder
-- Cleanup of language throughout proposal
Todo
-- Come up with a better name than Chieftain. Really. I dont like it, but think Warlord makes a great name for military leader.
Comments:
Thanks for supporting my Tribal idea! I think its a slick little system, and it interjects some fun into a usually droll subject. I think well be able to see some of the positions we create change in both duties and in names over time. (Chief Scout in charge of exploration becomes Foreign Affairs when those duties are needed, Warlord renamed to Marshall as the military gets larger, etc).
Please look through it to find any inconsistencies and conflicts with the Constitution. Likewise, if youve got any suggestions, please post em.
My plan is to post on Saturday a proposed poll, and post the Initiative poll on Monday, with the poll running for 4 days.
