[2453.AB] Merging the Leave of Absence Requests

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@Legend

If we’re just going on definition, notifying someone would mean informing someone or giving them notice, so this would simply mean every time a Legislator’s application is approved CitComm would inform the Chair or a deputy

I think that’s a bit unnecessary — leaves of absence have always been public and that should be sufficient.

@Legend

Wouldn’t this already affect the Assembly?

In most cases, sure, but someone might feel they’re around enough to notice an election but not around enough to stay informed about Assembly votes. Now they’d be unable to request a legislative leave of absence if it’s during a voting period.

@ProfessorHenn

CitComm would handle leaves of absence, not citizen and legislator leaves of absences.

Leaves of absence apply to the requirements for maintaining citizenship and legislatorship only, so yes, CitComm would very much handle legislative leaves of absence. You can call it whatever you like, but it directly impacts legislator status. It’s not just a general ‘leave of absence’ — elected officials aren’t immune to recall for dereliction of duty, for example, while on a leave of absence.

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How’s this instead?

@BlockBuster2K43

[…]

4. Citizenship Checks

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(2) Citizens may request a leave of absence for a non-indefinite period of time, specifying the end date of such leave, which will be subject to public discretionary approval from the Citizenship Committee before the voting period for each election. Citizens shall not have their status removed if they fail to cast a ballot in an election for which the majority of the voting period is contained within a their leave of absence requested prior to the beginning of the voting period. An otherwise active citizen can be granted leniency for failing to vote during an election at the discretion of the Citizenship Committee.

1. An otherwise active citizen can be granted leniency for failing to vote during an election at the discretion of the Citizenship Committee.

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@coco

[…]

3. Legislator Checks

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(4) Legislators may request a leave of absence for a non-indefinite period of time, specifying the end date of such leave, which will be subject to discretionary approval from the Chair of the Assembly or their deputies. During such time, Llegislators on an approved leave of absence as a citizen are exempt from the Assembly voting requirement during their leave of absence.