Amendment- Three Term Limit

[Cyc]

Yes, it does. Sorry. I was doing something else when I typed that post. I meant why did you decide to go with three Terms. It appear you were going with two.

 

[civplayah]

Well, if majority says two, then let's go with two. Let's have a quick one-day vote. I do vote to go with two, I just thought no one else did.

 

[GenMarshall]

I'm in favor of this. However, there should be an exception in the event we hit one of those rough patches when we don't have many nominees to chose from or someone runs one term one month, take two months break from that position, then runs for the position again.

 

[DaveShack]

CG - you missed the "unless there are no other candidates for that position" part.

 

[Cyc]

Actually, CivGeneral is talking about the option of re-running. CG, this amendment is only about consecutive Terms in one office. Even a break for one month would make a person who was forced out of office eligible to run again.

 

[GenMarshall]

Actually, CivGeneral is talking about the option of re-running. CG, this amendment is only about consecutive Terms in one office. Even a break for one month would make a person who was forced out of office eligible to run again.

So it's not as strict as The PotUS's term limits where it's jtst two terms and that's it?

 

[Furiey]

Nope, there's no limit to the total number of terms, just only 3 consecutive. You could do 3 skip a term then do 3 more.

 

[civplayah]

An official may not serve more than three consecutive terms in an elected office unless there are no other candidates for the position.

I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone when I say this is the final version, unless we want to change three to two.

 

[heliogabalus]

I'm alright with that.

 

[Cyc]

This amendment would actually be to the Code of Laws, not the Constitution. So, I will take your proposed amendment, redirect it to the CoL and submit a proposed amendment poll at the end of this thread. This proposed poll will have a link in the request for Judicial Review (JR) in the Supreme Court thread. The Court will review the proposed poll and if they accept it as formally correct and not conflicting with any other/higher laws, post the official Amendment Poll for you, civplayah.

That's the way it used to be anyway. I better check the new Court Procedures.

 

[Cyc]

This is a poll for an addition to Section H.1 of the Code of Laws. Please review the legislation carefully before voting.

This is the way Section H.1 reads now -

Section H.1 Elections
The Election Office, a citizen’s office%

 

[Falcon02]

Okay... one more slight wording concern...

"An official may not serve more than three consecutive terms in an elected office unless there are no other candidates for the position."

might be better as...

"An official may not serve more than three consecutive terms in the same elected office unless there are no other candidates for the position."

Unless we want to inadvertently restrict people from going from President 1 term -> Domestic 1 term -> Governor 1 term -> Military 1 term

 

[Longus]

Agree w/ Falcon02's point, an important change imo.

 

[DaveShack]

Yes, that is a huge change. Without it we might be in for a month of arguments over whether anyone can hold an office in the 4th term.

 

[Cyc]

This is a poll for an addition to Section H.1 of the Code of Laws. Please review the legislation carefully before voting.

This is the way Section H.1 reads now -

Section H.1 Elections
The Election Office, a citizen’s office supervised by the President, will perform all actions needed for each election cycle.

The regular election cycle starts at the posting of the nomination threads, and concludes when the last poll, including runoff polls, closes. Nomination threads will be posted 8 days before the end of the current term. Election polls will be posted 4 days later, and will list all accepted candidates for each election. Election polls will be marked public, and last for 3 days.

Each position will be granted to the candidate receiving the largest number of votes in that election. In the event of a tie between two or more front runners, a runoff poll shall be opened between those candidates only. This poll shall run for 2 days, and be repeated as often as needed to resolve the tie.

Except for the possibility of the first term being shorter, all terms will start on the 1st of the month, and end on the last day of that month.
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This is Section H.1 with the proposed amendment in place -

Section H.1 Elections
The Election Office, a citizen’s office supervised by the President, will perform all actions needed for each election cycle.

The regular election cycle starts at the posting of the nomination threads, and concludes when the last poll, including runoff polls, closes. Nomination threads will be posted 8 days before the end of the current term. Election polls will be posted 4 days later, and will list all accepted candidates for each election. Election polls will be marked public, and last for 3 days.

Each position will be granted to the candidate receiving the largest number of votes in that election. In the event of a tie between two or more front runners, a runoff poll shall be opened between those candidates only. This poll shall run for 2 days, and be repeated as often as needed to resolve the tie.

An official may not serve more than three consecutive terms in the same elected office unless there are no other candidates for the position.

Except for the possibility of the first term being shorter, all terms will start on the 1st of the month, and end on the last day of that month.
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This poll will be open for 72 hours (3 days) and is subject to Section N.1 of the Code of Laws.

Edited for Falcon02's suggested change.

 

[Furiey]

Yep, good catch.

 

[civplayah]

Cool! stupid 10 chars

 

[civplayah]

This amendmant should now be up for Judicial Review.

An official may not serve more than three consecutive terms in the same elected office unless there are no other candidates for the position.

 

[Cyc]

Your Request for Judicial Review has been made, civplayah. Thank you for the effort in getting this done.

 

[Black_Hole]

Incase anyone missed it, the poll has been posted here.