donsig said:
Sure, referendums (and initiatives) are covered in article C of the Constitution. Section 1.A.IV of the CoL deals with Citizen Assemby Floor Votes.
Yes, they are covered in different sections, but nowhere does it say that they are separate things.
What would happen if we were to pass a citizens assembly vote, and then someone came along and got an initiative passed that contradicted the citizens assembly vote? Which would take precedence? What if the second poll was only a referendum? What if the referendum or initiative was passed first, and the citizens assembly vote second? Do you see where I'm going with this?
Article C of the Constitution contains the clause:
"The Power of the People can be delegated to officials of the game in one or more of the following ways,
or in other ways which may subsequently be discovered."
I'm assuming that you're lumping a Citizens Assembly vote in with the boldfaced section from the above line. However, until the Code of Laws is amended to specifically state this fact, and specify where a Citizens Assembly vote falls in the decision heirarchy, then it is my interpretation that a Citizens Assembly decision falls in one of the five current decision types: Initiative, Referendum, Opinion Poll, Constituency, or Mandate, and is specified ahead of time, just like any other decision.
