Ratification Poll ~ Article G

[Cyc]

This is a Proposed Poll for the addition of an Article to the Constitution. Please review the legislation carefully before voting:

 Article G
1. All elected positions shall have a fixed term of one
month. 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.

2. All Executive and Legislative positions shall have a
deputy. The Deputy will be permitted to conduct the
affairs of the office as directed, or during a planned
Absence of the elected official. If no instructions have
been posted for an office within 24 hours of the upcoming
Turn Chat, the deputy for that office may post the official
instructions for the office.

3. The Judiciary does not use deputies. In the event of an
Absence, a pro-tem justice(s) may be appointed by the
Chief Justice (or Judge Advocate if the Chief Justice if
absent) and confirmed by the President and the 
remaining justice if not also absent. If both the Chief 
Justice and the Judge Advocate are absent, the Public 
Defender may appoint pro-tems to the other seats,
with Presidential approval.

4. The President will appoint a citizen to any Vacant
office. If a deputy exists for that office, the President 
must appoint that citizen. This appointment may be 
challenged by any citizen by that citizen posting a 
confirmation poll within 24 hours of the appointment.

Please Vote:
YES, I approve the Article as written
NO, I do not approve
ABSTAIN, I have no opinion

This poll will be open for 96 hours, and is Subject to Article I of the Constitution.

Discusion can be found here.

 

[Cyc]

People, we need a lot more votes to get this thing ratified! Please vote!

 

[Furiey]

You might want to correct the spelling of Executive in para 2 though...

 

[Cyc]

Ooops! Another cosmetic change. Thanks, Furiey. I should proof read these things for typos before I copy and paste....

 

[Rik Meleet]

How many votes are needed ?

 

[ravensfire]

Yup, breaking my usual policy. 'Course, I was one of the authors, it would be rude for me not to support the proposal.

-- Ravensfire

 

[Cyc]

How many votes are needed ?

As stated in the Term 2 Judicial thread, quorum for a Constitutional Amendment is 32, with 67% edge of YES votes over NO votes. Abstain is not factored in the formula.

So at this point, we need 11 more votes to ratify this amendment.

 

[Sir Donald III]

Would Codes of Laws take effect if the Articles they are governed by do not pass?

If this fails, I might want to file a JR concerning this.

(And if this passes, I'd be filing a JR concerning something in section 2 of this article...)

 

[Cyc]

Yes, the Sections of the Code of Laws would go into effect if they are ratified. As long as the Sections did not contradict higher law or break any CFC rules, nothing would really bar them from being referenced by the Court.

 

[Cyc]

Come on people. We only need 7 more votes! Let's get this thing passed.

 

[Cyc]

There's less than 9 hours left people, and we still need 7 votes! Please vote now!

 

[Sir Donald III]

Uh... Mr. CJ, aren't Constitutional Article Polls 96 hours in duration? Not 72?

 

[Cyc]

For some reason, I thought it was Saturday night (Sunday morn) when I typed that. See, that's why we have people like you in charge of Domestic Affairs. You can recognize these mistakes and get them squared away.

But the fact remains, in a 36 hour period, we only gained 1 vote. Don't make me bring back the Immortal and his puppies, people...

 

[Cyc]

Now we have less than 9 hours to vote on this poll. Let's get this passed people. We only need 3 more votes.

 

[GenMarshall]

I have cased my vote, So I guess that would be 2 left.

 

[Sir Donald III]

Ugh! 2 more votes needed in just over an Hour... UGH!!!!!

 

[classical_hero]

Ugh! 2 more votes needed in just over an Hour... UGH!!!!!

Hurry up people and vote Y E S on this proposal before it is too late . If it fails then who knows what should happen.

 

[Sir Donald III]

Can we say "Slimmest of Margins?"

 

[Cyc]

Yes we can!

Congratulatons People! Article G of the Constitution has been ratified!

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

Does that finish off the Constitution [/naieve]