Elections Act

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A2509.02 | Amendments to the Elections Act (Delegate Voting Requirements) Passed

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This amendment was adopted by the Assembly on Sunday, September 28th, 2025.

(Debate thread | Voting thread)

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Elections Act

An act establishing elections for office

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2. Electoral Basics

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(4) To be eligible to vote in, or stand for, a forum-based election, a citizen must possess citizenship status at the moment have been accepted by the Citizenship Committee before the period for nominations began for that particular election.

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3. Office of the Delegate

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(3) On the 15th of January and July, the citizens will convene for the first round of Delegate Elections.

1. The first round of the Delegate 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.
2. The first 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.

(4) After the winners of the first round have been determined, the second round will commence with those winners as candidates.

1. 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.
2. A Dispatch containing the campaigns of all candidates will be created to aid voters in their choice.
3. 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.
4. The winner of this round, as decided using Majority Voting, will be declared the Delegate-elect. No vote in the regional poll shall be counted by the Election Commissioner except for those cast by members whose World Assembly nation was located in the South Pacific at the moment the nominations period for the office of Delegate began and those cast by members of the South Pacific Special Forces who are on deployment at the conclusion of the regional poll.

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