The Absentee Voting Bill (Law'd)

[MasterJedi]

]The Absentee Voting Bill

Section 1: Absentee Voting

   1. As mandated by Article V, Section 2, Clause 8 of the Federal Constitution, all voters shall have the right to cast absentee votes after the candidacy declaration period has expired.
   2. Upon the candidacy declaration deadline occurring the Secretary of Forum Affairs or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened.
   3. Voters wishing to apply for an absentee vote shall notify this publically in a manner specified by the Secretary of Forum Affairs.
   4. The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall then grant the request to absentee vote publically, at which point the voter may proceed to vote in the Absentee Voting Booth.
   5. Absentee Voters shall post their votes in the same format as if it were a regular ballot, and they shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as regular ballots.

Section 2: Disqualification from Absentee Voting

   1. Should an Absentee Voter post more than 5 times anywhere on the Atlas Forum in the regular election period, their absentee vote shall be nullified and treated as non extant.
   2. Any person who has their absentee vote nullified may vote again by regular ballot.
   3. Any person who votes by regular ballot after voting by absentee ballot, shall have their absentee ballot treated as non-extant.
   4. Persons who attempt to vote in the Absentee thread with prior notification of the Department of Forum Affairs shall have their vote treated as non-extant.

Section 3: Repeals

   1. Section 6 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act and Clause 1 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act (Amendment) Act are repealed.
Spon: Sen. Marokai Blue

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up a final vote on this bill. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Aye

[MasterJedi]

Two issues:

There is a typo in Section 2 Clause 4. The word "with" should be "without".

Section 1 Clause 2 needs to have the following appended to it: "In the event of runoff elections, once the need for a runoff election is known, the Secretary or Deputy Secretary shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened. "

Were these friendly amended in? Doesn't look like it!

Oh, my

I of course have no problems with these, if MJ would like to restart the vote I'm fine with that.

Ok, vote stopped. Now properly introduce it so it can be accepted as friendly.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up a final vote on this bill. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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Aye

[MasterJedi]

With 8 Ayes, 0 Nays and 0 Abstentions this bill has passed. I hereby present it to the President for his signature.