Amending the Judicial Election Process

[ravensfire]

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This Amendment shall replace Section J.3.d.1 and J.3.d.2 of the Code of Standards.

Amendment:

    1. Judiciary exceptions:
      A. There shall be only 1 multi-select poll for the 
         Judiciary branch.
        i. This poll will list all the candidates and 
           instruct the citizens that only the recipients of 
           the three highest vote totals will be elected.
      B. The nominee with the most votes shall be the Chief 
         Justice.
        i. Should a tie exist for 1st, the nominees tied for 
           that position shall be listed in a poll to 
           determine who shall be the Chief Justice. This 
           poll shall last for 2 days.  The person receiving
           the 2nd most votes in the poll if there are two
           candidates tied shall be an Associate Justice.  
           If there are three or more candidates tied, the 
           2nd and 3rd place candidates shall be Associate 
           Justices.
      C. The nominees with the 2nd and 3rd most votes shall 
         be the Associate Justices, unless a tie existed for 
         1st most votes.  If there are two tied for 1st, the 
         3rd place from the original multi-choice poll shall
         be Associate Justice.  If three or more tie for 1st
         in the multi-choice poll, the associate justices 
         shall be determined as specified in foregoing 
         section 1.B.i.
      D. Should a tie exist for either Associate Justice 
         position, where there are more candidates tied than 
         positions available, a run-off poll shall be posted.  
         This poll shall list only the tied candidates and 
         the number of positions available. This poll shall 
         be a single-select poll (standard format), and be 
         open for 24 hours. The candidate(s) with the most 
         votes shall be elected to the position(s).  This 
         poll shall run for 2 days.

   2. At-Large Governors
      A. There shall be only 1 multi-select poll for all 
        At-Large Governor positions.
       i. This poll will list all the candidates and instruct 
          the citizens that only the recipients of the X 
          highest vote totals will be elected, where X is 
          the number of At-Large Governor positions for the 
          election cycle.
      B. The top X candidates, where X is the number of 
         At-Large Governor positions for the election cycle, 
         shall be the At-Large Governors
      C. Should a tie exist between two or more citizens for 
         the final At-Large Governor position, a run-off 
         poll listing only those citizens shall be posted.  
         This poll shall last for 2 days.

Please vote as follows:
Yes - I approve of this amendment
No - I do not approve of this amendment
Abstain - I do no care either way

This poll shall run for 72 hours. For this Amendment to pass, the Quorum is 0 (zero) votes, and a majority of the votes must support the Amendment (vote Yes). Section N of the CoS.

-- Ravensfire, Chief Justice of Fanatica

 

[Sarevok]

I agree

 

[ravensfire]

This Amendment to the Code of Standards has been PASSED.

-- Ravensfire, Chief Justice of Fanatica