There has been a seconded motion to amend the endorsement requirement for candidates wishing to run for the delegacy. The debate topic can be found here.
INFORMATION
This is an amendment to constitutional legislation. According to the Legislative Procedure Act, this vote shall require a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days, thus concluding on Saturday, January 4th.
2024-12-30T13:35:00Z→2025-01-04T13:35:00Z
IMPORTANT
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 text of the amendment(s) in question is as follows:
A2412.03| Amendment to the Elections Act (Delegate Elections) Passed
Final Result
This vote on amending the endorsement requirement for candidates wishing to run for the delegacy required a 60% supermajority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:
Caucus
Aye
Nay
Abstain
Percentage of Vote
The Cakeists
6
1
1
22.9%
The Ice Creamists
7
0
1
22.9%
The Pieists
1
0
2
8.6%
Independent
11
2
3
45.7%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes
25
71.4%
89.3%
Nays
3
8.6%
10.7%
Abstentions
7
20.0%
Total
35
87.5% of Legislators
Absent
5
12.5% of Legislators
In light of these results, the vote passes, having reached the required supermajority.
The forum-based poll for A2412.03 records votes by two individuals who were not Legislators when that poll closed: Quietdad and NoOne.
Quietdad was a Legislator when they cast their ballot; the Chair removed their Legislator status in the December State of the Assembly, while the A2412.03 poll remained open. Consistent with longstanding Assembly practice and relevant High Court precedent, their vote was counted in the final tally. See Retroactive Vote Changes on Legislator Removals, 1715.HQ; cf. When is Citizenship Lost, 1515.HQ.
NoOne was not a Legislator when they cast a ballot; the Chair removed their Legislator status in the November State of the Assembly. As such, their vote was not counted in the final tally. See Review of the Chair of the Assembly’s Decision to Mark a Vote Invalid, 2206.HR (“[T]he Chair should reasonably be expected to ignore a vote that has been cast by an individual who is evidently not a legislator”).
