An act establishing elections for office
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3. Office of the Delegate
(1) Any player who has been elected to the office of Delegate in both of the immediately preceding regularly scheduled elections or who has been banned from World Assembly membership shall be ineligible to run for Delegate, and any candidate who is later discovered to be banned from World Assembly membership shall be immediately disqualified.
(12) The Delegate will be elected in a two-round process constituting a single election, with the citizens voting on a slate of nominees on the forums, and candidates advancing from that process being voted on by regional poll on-site.
(23) On the 15th of January and July, the citizens will convene for the first round of Delegate Elections.
a. The election will be conducted in three phases.
(i) A three-day declarations period, during which any eligible citizen wishing to run for Delegate may declare their candidacy and begin campaigning, and the citizens will debate the merits of their platform. Citizens wishing to run for Delegate must have their member nation of the World Assembly residing in the South Pacific before they declare their candidacy.
(ii) A two-day campaign period, during which candidates may campaign, and the citizens will continue to debate the merits of their platforms.
(iii) A three-day voting period.
a. Any eligible citizen wishing to run for Delegate may declare their candidacy, and the citizens will debate the merits of their platform. Any player who has been elected to the office of Delegate in both of the immediately preceding regularly scheduled elections or 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. Citizens wishing to run for Delegate must have their member nation of the World Assembly residing in the South Pacific before they declare their candidacy.
b. The campaign and debate period will last four days, after which the citizens will vote for four days.
cb. This round of voting for Delegate will use Approval Voting to determine two winners as candidates in the second round. If candidates tie for being a winner, all of those tied candidates shall be considered winners.
(34) After the winners of the first round have been determined, the second round will commence with those winners as candidates.
- The Election Commissioner will create a six-day-long regional poll through which 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.
- A Dispatch containing the campaigns of all candidates will be created to aid voters in their choice.
- Members of the South Pacific Special Forces who are on deployment at the conclusion of the regional poll are eligible to cast a ballot. The Prime Minister shall provide a list of deployed personnel to the Election Commissioner. Members on the list can cast their ballot through a public post on the Regional Message Board which tags the Election Commissioner.
- The winner of this round, as decided using Majority Voting, will be declared the Delegate-elect.
(45) The Delegate-elect will be considered formally inaugurated upon achieving the most endorsements. Prior to inauguration, the sole responsibility of the Delegate-elect is to gather endorsements, in coordination with the incumbent Delegate and in cooperation with the Council on Regional Security. The incumbent will continue to hold the office of the Delegate and will remain responsible for all responsibilities of that office, serving out the remainder of their term, until the inauguration of the Delegate-elect.
4. Office of the Prime Minister
(1) Any player who has been elected to the office of Prime Minister in each of the immediately preceding four regularly scheduled elections shall be ineligible to run for Prime Minister.
(12) On the 15th of January, April, July, and October, the citizens will convene to elect the Prime Minister.
a. The election will be conducted in three phases.
(i) A three-day declarations period, during which any eligible citizen wishing to run for Prime Minister may declare their candidacy and begin campaigning, and the citizens will debate the merits of their platform.
(ii) A two-day campaign period, during which candidates may campaign, and the citizens will continue to debate the merits of their platforms.
(iii) A three-day voting period.
a. Any eligible citizen wishing to run for Prime Minister may declare their candidacy, and the citizens will debate the merits of their platform, provided they were not elected Prime Minister in each of the immediately preceding four regularly scheduled elections.
b. The campaign and debate period will last four days, after which the citizens will vote for four days.
cb. The election will be conducted using Instant-Runoff Voting.
dc. The winner of the election will be declared the Prime Minister-elect by the Election Commissioner.
(23) Provided that a candidate other than Re-Open Nominations wins the election, the term for the Prime Minister-elect shall begin on the first day of the month immediately following the election period. Any and all election-related disputes must be resolved prior to this inauguration date.
(34) If Re-Open Nominations wins the election, then the term for the Prime Minister-elect shall begin on the day immediately following the date on which the Election Commissioner finalizes the results of the repeated election process. If the repeated election process extends beyond the first day of the month immediately following the initial election period, then the outgoing Prime Minister and any appointed Cabinet ministers shall remain in office in a caretaker capacity until the Prime Minister-elect takes office.
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