[2339.AB] Amended Voter Registration Bill

[Legend]

Section 2b of Citizenship Registrations under the Citizenship Act has not been changed

[Welly]

@Legend

Section 2b of Citizenship Registrations under the Citizenship Act has not been changed

Do you mean sections 3.(1)b. and 3.(1)c. of the Citizenship Act? I don’t believe there is a Section 2b under the citizenship registrations section, and these were the sections that I had left changes open to debate in the last round of edits. Here is my previous response on these sections:

@Welly

@ProfessorHenn

This implies that my time as an elected member of Spiritus’s Legislature would need to go into a citizenship application, despite it happening for a single term almost 9 years ago. Is there a better way to phrase the latter half of this clause to reflect a more reasonable/appropriate legal requirement?

When you put it that way, it does sound overly onerous. But the provision was designed to align more or less with the alias disclosure requirement. Legislator applications currently require disclosing any alias “in prominent use longer than a year ago.” I would assume that an alias would be considered “in prominent use” if it were used to serve in a governmental position, though of course that is ultimately a question of legal interpretation. Maybe it would make more sense if the two requirements were more directly tied together. For example, the regional disclosure requirement might be something like “a list of regions in which the member used any aliases disclosed pursuant to the requirements of this section.” Thoughts?

[Legend]

@Welly

Do you mean sections 3.(1)b. and 3.(1)c. of the Citizenship Act? I don’t believe there is a Section 2b under the citizenship registrations section, and these were the sections that I had left changes open to debate in the last round of edits. Here is my previous response on these sections:

Maybe I used the wrong terminology, but…

[Welly]

Ah, I think we are looking at different versions. The current version is in my 13 September post that begins “At long last I present a revised version of this bill.” In that version, Citizenship Registrations is Section 3 of the Citizenship Act, and the proposed changes have been implemented (except those that I just flagged for discussion, i.e., 3.(1)a. and b.).

I also am running on very, very low sleep, so if that looks wrong to anyone, please let me know and apologies in advance for the confusion.

[Legend]

I’m just seeing the edit from 3 days ago

[Welly]

So here is how the Citizenship Registrations section of the Citizenship Act reads in the version that I am working off of, i.e., the version from my Sept 13 post. Other than the changes discussed with Henn re: disclosure requirements for aliases, what changes are missing?

@Welly

3. Citizenship Registrations

(1) Members of the Coalition may register for citizenship through an application with the Citizenship Committee, including at least the following:

1. the members’s current nation in the South Pacific;
2. a list of any colloquial aliases of the member in use within the last year or in prominent use longer than a year ago;
3. a list of regions with which the member has been affiliated within the last year or in which the member has ever held an elected or appointed governmental position;
4. the current World Assembly nation of the individual, should one exist. In case of a floating World Assembly membership, the applicant may list multiple nations such that World Assembly membership can be traced throughout the application process; and
5. a pledge to uphold the laws of the Coalition of the South Pacific.

(2) The Citizenship Committee will strive to confirm the reception of each application and then will determine the eligibility of the applicant in consultation with any other institutions of the Coalition as needed and accept or deny each applicant based on that determination.

(3) The Citizenship Committee may request additional information as needed from applicants.

(4) Upon acceptance or denial of an application, the Citizenship Committee shall post the result (including a sufficient reason in case of denial) both in response to the application as well as per telegram to the applicant nation.

[ProfessorHenn]

I move the most recent omnibus proposal be brought to a vote.

[Silva]

I second it.

[Griffindor]

And for the Chair’s convenience, I do believe (unless I am greatly mistaken) this is what has been agreed to (and now motioned)…