Ratification poll for CoL Section D - Legislature

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.