Code of Laws
Code:
A. Citizen Rights
1. Naming Rights
a. City Names
All cities founded by Fanatannia will be named by citizens
using a rank-based system. The President will maintain
this list in a thread. Should a citizen fail to provide a
city name, they will be skipped until they provide a city
name. The Director of Expansion will include the city name
to be used in the instructions to found that city. No
citizen may name more than one city until all citizens
have named a city.
1. Ranking Order - elected officials
The rank order is based on the term and the Chain of
Command. All officials of an earlier term have priority
over officials of a later term. Within a term, the
Chain of Command will determine who has priority.
2. Ranking Order - citizens
Once all elected officials have named cities, the
Citizen Regsitry will be used to name cities, using the
order citizens were registered.
b. Province Names
The first Governor of a province will name the province.
c. Unit Names
The Commander of Armed Forces will utilize the unit naming
preferences within the Citizen Registry thread to rename all
military units.
d. Natural Feature Names
All natural features within a province may be named by the
Governor of the province.
2. Confirmation Polls
a. Confirmation polls are used in certain, specified
situations to challenge the decision of an elected official.
Confirmation polls may be used only when explicitly allowed
by law. Any citizen may create a confirmation poll, should
one not already exist. This poll must be created within 24
hours of the appointment or decision, and ask the question
"Do you approve of the <description of decision>?", with
Yes, No and Abstain option. If the confirmation poll
directly concerns a citizen (e.g. appointment), this poll
is to be private, as it is a form of an election. The poll
will run for 2 days. At the end of the time, if a majority
of the citizens vote "No", the decision is overturned. Any
other result approves the decision.
H. Elections, Deputies and Vacancies
1. Nominations and Debate
a. Nominations will be created by the Election Office 7 days
prior to the end of the month. Citizens may nominate
themself or another citizen in this thread. Citizens may
also post pre-nominations in the Election Office thread if
they will not be present during the nomination period.
This nomination thread should contain a description of the
office.
b. All debates will be within the nomination thread, and will
continue through the end of the election cycle. Any citizen
may post questions for the candidates to answer. Candidates
may answer or not answer as they wish.
c. A nomination is not considered Accepted until the candidate
makes an explicit post. All self-nominations are considered
Accepted unless otherwise stated.
2. Election Polls
a. Election polls will be created by the Election Office 3
days after the Nomination threads are created. These polls
will contain the names of all Accepted candidates for the
office, a description of the office, a link to the
nomination thread, be set to run for 3 days and be marked
private.
b. Should a citizen Accept multiple nominations, and does not
explicitly clarify which office they wish to run for, the
Election Office will use the first office they Accepted.
c. The citizen with the most votes at the close of the poll
is the winner of the election. Should two or more
candidates tie at the end of the election poll with the
same number of votes, a runoff election of two days
duration will be conducted with the tied candidates only.
This process shall continue until one candidate receives
the most votes.
3. General
a. The Election Cycle will run from the first nomination thread
is opened until the last runoff poll closes.
b. All threads and polls should be posted at approximately 00:00
GMT on the correct day.
4. Deputies
a. For all positions with deputies, the leader may appoint the
citizen of their choice as their deputy.
5. Vacant Offices
a. An official or Justice may declare themselves to be
Absent for a period of time. This period may not exceed 1
week. During this time, the deputy or pro-tem will act
with all power and duties of that office, surrendering
them to the official or Justice when they return or at
the end of the planned absence, whichever comes first.
b. Should an official fail to post in the DG forum for 3
days in a thread related to their area without prior
notice, the Judiciary may declare that office Vacant.
c. If a Justice has not posted on any active Judicial matter
for three days, the remaining Justices may declare the
Justice Vacant. If all three Justices fail to post on
any active Judicial matter for 3 days, the President may
declare all Judicial offices Vacant, and immediately
appoint a new Chief Justice.
I. Polling Standards
1. Any poll posted by an official of the Democracy game is considered
official and binding, unless otherwise stated.
2. All polls must simply and clearly state the question and all
options in a neutral manner, and contain an abstain option.
3. A poll should state the objectives of the poll and the time
limit (if any) of the poll.
4. A poll must also contain all releveant information, including
links to the respective ministry thread, discussion, and other
polls.
5. All official polls will be public unless they deal with
specific citizens. Those polls must be private.
