[A2604.06] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date and Length of Service)

[KrisKringle]

Assembly of the South Pacific

[A2604.06] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date and Length of Service)

This proposal has received a motion and a second by a Member of the Assembly; therefore, pursuant to the Charter and the Legislative Procedure Act, it is hereby brought to a vote before the Assembly of the South Pacific.

Important Information

• This is an vote to set or amend constitutional law; the corresponding debate thread can be found in the below link:

  Amendment to the Legislator Act

• This vote requires a 60% majority of non-abstention votes to pass and will be open for voting during the following period:

  2026-04-23T04:15:00Z ➔ 2026-04-28T04:15:00Z

• This vote additionally requires a greater number of votes in the affirmative than [A2604.05] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date Only), which can be found in the below link:

  [A2604.05] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date Only)

• Use the poll functionality to cast your vote. If you are unable to use it, cast an Aye, Nay, or Abstain vote as a reply to this post.

The question before the Assembly is on the matter of the following proposal to set or amend constitutional law:

@coco

Legislator Act

[…]

3. Legislator Checks

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(3) A legislator fails the Assembly voting requirement if:

1. the Assembly finished at least three votes in the previous calendar month and the legislator was absent for more than one-third of those votes; or
2. the Assembly finished exactly two votes in the previous calendar month and the legislator was absent for both of those votes.

(4) Any vote in which a legislator is ineligible to participate shall not be counted toward that legislator’s voting requirement.

(4) (5) Legislators on an approved leave of absence as a citizen are exempt from the Assembly voting requirement during their leave of absence.

(5) (6) […]

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@coco

Legislative Procedure Act

1. Legislative Rules

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(2) Retention votes required by the Charter shall be introduced by the Chair of the Assembly or their designee.

(3) To be eligible to participate in any vote in the Assembly, a legislator must possess legislator status at the commencement of the vote and for a period of time before the commencement of the vote equivalent to the length of its voting period.

(3) (4)To be brought to a vote, a specific draft of a bill, resolution, retention vote, or appointment must

1. receive a motion to vote by a legislator,
2. receive a second by another legislator,
3. be affirmed to be in proper formatting by the Chair, and
4. have been at debate for a minimum period of time equivalent to the length of its voting period.

(4) (5) […]

(5) (6) […]

(6) (7) […]

(7) (8) […]

(8) (9) […]

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On the matter of passing [A2604.06] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date and Length of Service)

• Aye
• Nay
• Abstain

[KrisKringle]

Assembly of the South Pacific

[A2604.06] Amendment to the Legislator and Legislative Procedure Acts (Admission Date and Length of Service)

Failed

Aye: 7 (25.93%) | Nay: 20 (74.07%) | Abstain: 7
Turnout: 34 / 43 (79.07%)

Turnout by Caucus

• Cake Caucus - 12 / 13 (92.31%)

• Pie Caucus - 8 / 10 (80.00%)

• Ice Cream Caucus - 8 / 10 (80.00%)

• Independents - 6 / 10 (60.00%)

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This announcement of the state of the vote by the Chair of the Assembly shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of its result and shall be entered, together with the list of votes cast, in the Legislative Information Portal.