A2308.01 | Voter Registration
@Legislators of the South Pacific,
There has been a seconded motion to adopt several amendments on different pieces of legislation. Including the introduction of new legislation. The debate thread can be found here.
This bill is proposing new legislation, amending several pieces of legislation, including constitutional legislation, and a resolution on Citizenship Transition, according to the Legislative Procedure Act requiring a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days.
2023-08-25T16:30:00Z→2023-08-30T16:30:00Z
Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post ‘Aye’, ‘Nay’ or ‘Abstain’ in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussions belong in the debate thread and should be posted there.
The legislative contents of this bill are below:
Amendment(s) to the Charter
III. RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
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(6) A member of the Coalition is a player with a nation within the South Pacific.
(7) A citizen of the Coalition is a member of the Coalition that has applied for and been granted citizenship while maintaining the requirements for citizenship.
a. A standing committee of citizens will be tasked with granting and revoking citizenship status. The requirements to apply for, maintain, and revoke citizenship will be codified by the Assembly in a law.
IV. THE ASSEMBLY
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(3) The Chair may appoint a deputy or deputies from the Assembly, to whom the Chair may publicly delegate any powers, responsibilities, or special projects of the Chair, subject to all regulations and restrictions imposed upon the Chair by law. The Chair may dismiss such deputies.
Legislator Eligibility
(4) A standing commission of legislators will be tasked with granting and revoking legislator status. All residents All citizens of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status through an application to the Chair. Continued legislator status requires compliance with the requirements for legislator status as specified by law.active membership and good behaviour.
V. THE EXECUTIVE
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(4) Members of the Executive are required to be members of the Coalition. The Prime Minister and Appointed Ministers are required to be citizens of the Coalition and have a World Assembly member nation in the South Pacific or under the sole direction of the General Corps. hold legislator status.
VIII. THE COUNCIL ON REGIONAL SECURITY AND CORAL GUARD
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Membership of the Council on Regional Security
(2) The minimum qualifications for membership in the Council on Regional Security are: maintaining a nation in the South Pacific and having served at least six consecutive months as a legislator.
(2) To be eligible for membership in the Council on Regional Security, a person must:
- Have maintained citizenship for at least six consecutive months prior to the date of their application or nomination to the Council;
- Continuously maintain citizenship throughout their service on the Council; and
- Satisfy any other requirements set by law.
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Membership of the Coral Guard
(13) The minimum qualifications for membership in the Coral Guard are: maintaining a World Assembly member nation in the South Pacific; having served at least six consecutive months as a legislator; and meeting requirements for influence and endorsements which are set and published by the Council on Regional Security.
(2) To be eligible for membership in the Coral Guard, a person must:
- Have maintained citizenship for at least six consecutive months prior to the date of their application to the Coral Guard;
- Continuously maintain citizenship throughout their service on the Coral Guard;
- Continuously maintain a World Assembly nation in the South Pacific;
- Meet the requirements for influence and endorsements set and published by the Council on Regional Security; and
- Satisfy any other requirements set by law.
Amendment(s) to the Elections Act
2. Electoral Basics
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(4) To be eligible to vote in, or stand for, a forum-based election, a legislator citizen must have been accepted by the Legislator Citizenship Committee before the period for nominations began for that particular election.
3. Office of the Delegate
(1) The Delegate will be elected in a two-round process constituting a single election, with the Assembly citizens voting on a slate of nominees on the forums, and candidates advancing from that process being voted on by regional poll on-site.
(2) Sixteen days before the first of every February and August, the Assembly citizens will convene for the first round of Delegate Elections.
- Any eligible legislator citizen wishing to run for Delegate may declare their candidacy, and the Assembly citizens will debate the merits of their platform. Any player who has been banned from World Assembly membership will be considered ineligible, and any candidate who is later discovered to be banned from World Assembly membership will be immediately disqualified. Legislators Citizens wishing to run for Delegate must hold a number of endorsements equal to at least 80% of the existing general endorsement cap at the commencement of the election period.
- The campaign and debate period will last one week, after which the Assembly citizens will vote for three days.
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- The Election Commissioner will create a six-day-long regional poll through which voters eligible members may cast their ballots. The poll must provide instructions for them on how to do so, and may only allow Native World Assembly members to participate.
4. Office of the Prime Minister
(1) Sixteen days before the first of every February, May, August, and November, the Assembly citizens will convene to elect the Prime Minister.
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- A two-day campaign-only period where candidates may campaign, and the Assembly citizens will debate the merits of their platforms.
Amendment to the Judicial Act
2. Judicial Conduct and Requirements
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(2) An Associate Justice must have legislator status in the South Pacific be a citizen of the Coalition and take an oath of confidentiality and impartiality.
Citizenship Act
Citizenship Act
An act to establish procedures for managing citizenship eligibility
1. Citizenship Registrations
(1) Members of the Coalition are eligible to become and remain citizens if they:
- are not joining or participating in bad faith,
- are not attempting to join with multiple nations or identities,
- are not considered by the Council on Regional Security to be a significant risk to regional security, and
- cast a ballot in all elections in which they are eligible to vote and are not on a leave of absence, provided that such review must take place no later than seven days after the end of said election, and for that purpose, the election commissioner must provide a list of voters who cast votes.
(2) Members of the Coalition may register for citizenship through an application with the Citizenship Committee, including at least the following:
- any colloquial aliases of the individual in use within the last year or in prominent use longer than a year ago;
- the current World Assembly nation of the individual (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).
(3) 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.
(4) The Citizenship Committee may request additional information as needed from applicants.
(5) 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.
2. Citizenship Committee
(1) The Citizenship Committee is responsible for granting and revoking the citizenship of members.
(2) The Citizenship Committee is comprised of up to four citizens, each appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the Assembly via a simple majority vote.
(3) A member of the Citizenship Committee is removed from the committee if the member:
- resigns,
- loses citizenship, or
- is recalled by the Assembly through regular order.
(4) If no member of the Citizenship Committee is available due to vacancy or leave, and there are outstanding duties to be performed, the Prime Minister may appoint an emergency member to handle any urgent matters of the committee. The Council on Regional Security may, on security grounds only, rescind the Prime Minister’s appointment. The emergency member’s tenure will last until the Prime Minister rescinds the appointment or until one week after a regular committee member is available, whichever happens sooner.
(5) The Citizenship Committee may additionally conduct security checks on citizens at the request of other government officials.
3. Citizenship Checks
(1) Citizens retain their citizenship until resignation or removal by the appropriate authority, the latter upon the determination that the citizen:
- No longer meets the qualifications prescribed in Article 1, Section 1, provided that no unlawful expulsion from the region may be used to support a conclusion of failure to meet the qualifications; or
- Has been declared persona non grata by the Coalition.
(2) Citizens may request a leave of absence for a non-indefinite period, specifying the end date of such leave, which will be subject to 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 their leave of absence.
- An otherwise active citizen can be granted leniency for failing to vote during an election at the discretion of the Citizenship Committee.
(3) At least monthly, the Citizenship Committee will revoke the citizenship of all citizens who are no longer eligible.
4. Constitutional Law
(1) The Citizenship Act is a constitutional law, and further amendments to it must meet constitutional amendment requirements.
Amendment(s) to the Legislator Committee Act
Legislator Committee Act
An act to establish a commission to and manage legislators status
## 1. Scope
(1) The Legislator Committee is the commission responsible for granting and revoking legislator status to members.
(2) The Legislator Committee comprises no less than three and no more than five legislators that have each been appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the Assembly via a simple majority vote.
(3) A member of the Legislator Committee is removed from the committee if
a. the member resigns,
b. the member loses legislator eligibility, or
c. the member is recalled by the Assembly through regular order.
(4) If there is no member of the Legislator Committee available due to vacancy or leave, and there are outstanding duties to be performed, the Prime Minister may appoint an emergency member to handle any urgent matters of the committee. The Council on Regional Security may, on security grounds only, rescind the Prime Minister’s appointment. The emergency member’s tenure will last until the Prime Minister rescinds the appointment or until one week after a regular committee member is available, whichever happens sooner.
2 1. Legislator Applications
(1) Any member citizen of the Coalition is eligible to attain legislator status if:
- the Legislator Committee the Chair of the Assembly does not opine that they are seeking membership in bad faith, and
b. they have a World Assembly member nation in the South Pacific or under the sole direction of the General Corps.
c. are not attempting to join with multiple nations or identities, and
d. are not considered by the Council on Regional Security to be a significant risk to regional security.
(2) A member of the Coalition may attain legislator status through an application with the Legislator Committee. The Committee shall confirm the reception of an application within 48 hours. The Committee will determine the eligibility of the applicant, consulting any other institutions of the Coalition as needed to inform its decision, and shall strive to accept or deny each applicant within a week.
(32) An application for legislator status must include at least;
a. the current nation in the South Pacific;
b. any colloquial aliases of the individual in use within the last year, or in prominent use longer than a year ago;
c. the current World Assembly nation of the individual (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
a. A link to their accepted citizenship application,
b. Any relevant updates to the citizenship application that changed since the application was made,
c. the current World Assembly nation of the individual, and
d. a pledge to uphold the laws of the Coalition of the South Pacific.
(4) The Legislator Committee may request additional legitimation steps from applicants, such as requesting a telegram from a World Assembly nation. An applicant may choose to publicly withhold some information and only disclose it to the Council on Regional Security in case of reasonable concerns of confidentiality.
(53) Upon acceptance or denial of an application, the Legislator Committee shall Chair of the Assembly will post the result (including a sufficient reason in case of a denial) both in response to the application as well as per telegram to the applicant nation.
a. The applicant may appeal a rejection to the Assembly at large for a vote.
3 2. Legislator Checks
(1) Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviorur.
(2) Within the first week of each calendar month, the Legislator Committee Chair of the Assembly will remove legislator status from a legislator if they failed the voting requirement in the past month, if applicable, or otherwise no longer meet the eligibility requirements as described herein. If a legislator no longer meets the eligibility requirements (not including the voting requirement), and it would be impossible for them to meet the requirements before the first week of the following calendar month, the Legislator Committee Chair of the Assembly may remove their legislator status at their discretion before the appointed week. The Legislator Committee Chair of the Assembly may exercise discretion and not remove legislators under reasonable extenuating circumstances.
(3) A legislator fails the voting requirement if they are absent for more than half two-thirds of all votes finished in the previous calendar month, if a minimum of two three votes occurred.
(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, legislators on a leave of absence are exempt from the voting requirement.
(5) The Chair of the Assembly may order the Legislator Committee to suspend legislator privileges for disruptive members. Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility, if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court.
43. Constitutional Law
(1) The Legislator Committee Act is a constitutional law, and further amendments to it must meet constitutional amendment requirements.
Resolution on Citizenship Transition
Resolution on Citizenship Transition
A resolution to provide an orderly transition from Assembly focused citizenship to election-focused citizenship
Resolved by the Assembly of the South Pacific;
- Upon passage of the various accompanying amendments, the implementation of the laws will be delayed for ten days (the “Implementation Period”).
- During the Implementation Period, the Chair of the Assembly will determine the eligibility of all current legislators to maintain legislator status pursuant to the requirements imposed by these amendments. The Chair of the Assembly will promptly notify any current legislators who do not meet those requirements that they will lose legislator status at the expiration of the Implementation Period unless they come into compliance with those requirements by that date.
- At the expiration of the Implementation Period, all current legislators who meet the requirements for legislator status under these amendments will automatically be granted citizenship and will retain their legislator status.
- At the expiration of the Implementation Period, all current legislators who do not meet the requirements for legislator status under these amendments will automatically be granted citizenship, but will not retain their legislator status.
- All current members of the Legislator Committee will become members of the Citizenship Committee unless they should choose otherwise.
- All current legislators, in being considered for positions that involve duration of Citizenship status as part of the application criteria, shall have the duration that they have held Legislator Status counted as part of their time as a Citizen of the South Pacific.
- Aye
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