Northeast Assembly Thread

[Napoleon]

We will now hold a vote on recommending a Lieutenant Governor.

[X] Jake Matthews (POP)

[ ] Fallen Morgan (POP)

I like the amendment.

[Napoleon]

Jake's no longer with us btw.

[Napoleon]

Is there any precedent here?

[Napoleon]

The vote is closed. Jake Matthews is recommended with 2 votes to Fallen Morgan's 1.

[Napoleon]

Simply, he should act with haste.

[Napoleon]

Simply, he should act with haste.

And if he doesn't? Do we just wait until the replacement gubernatorial election?

I'm not sure what would happen. I made sure to get this out of the way before we hit the 72 hour mark to avoid that (to the best of my ability - I can't make Ghostwhite act).

[Napoleon]

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We will now proceed to a final vote on this bill. Representatives, you have 24 hours.

[Napoleon]

Aye!!

When can we hold a vote on my bill?

I had to wait 48 hours, according to SOAP. We should look for ways to keep the Assembly organized while making SOAP more fluid but I intend to stick by the rules to the best of my ability.

[Napoleon]

The Statutory "Spring Cleaning" Act of 2011 has passed 4-0.



We will now hold a nominating period for CJO recommendations.

[Napoleon]

We will simultaneously hold a nomination period for the Statutory Review Commission.

I nominate homelycooking and Dallasfan65 for SRC consideration.

[Napoleon]

I'm not buying it, especially since it is only temporary.  All legislatures form special committees and things of such nature. This commission has no legislative, executive, or judicial political power.

I imagine that is obvious sine it was originally only going to be comprised of sitting Representatives.

[Napoleon]

I'll nominate myself as well. Anyone else?

[Napoleon]

I hadn't realized I won a seat, folks. Where do I sign in? Here?

Swearing in thread on the government board.

[Napoleon]

We will now vote on SRC nominees.

Polnut- Aye
Homelycooking- Aye
Dallasfan- Aye
Napoleon- Aye

[Napoleon]

All four nominees are confirmed. Commissioners, please sign into the thread.

[Napoleon]

The Small Government Act of 2011

ARTICLE IV - EXECUTIVE BRANCH is amended to read as follows:

i) The executive authority of the Northeast Region shall be vested first and foremost in the Governor of the Northeast Region.

ii) The Governor must be elected democratically by the people of the Northeast Region.

iii)Elections are to be held every October, February and June for Governor.

iv) All citizens of the Northeast Region shall have one vote for Governor. A polling booth shall be created by the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region. He or she will open the booth on the third Friday at 12:00:00am Eastern Standard Time of every October, February and June and will close said both on the following Sunday at 11:59:59pm Eastern Standard Time. Every citizen will be given the opportunity to vote during this time. The Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region must accept any absentee ballot conducted one week prior to the opening of the polls.

v) Candidates for Governor will be given until the second Friday of the month in which he or she wishes to run in an election thereof to announce his candidacy. This is to be done by officially notifying the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region.

vi) When the polls close, the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region shall be given twenty-four hours to count the votes and declare a winner. The candidate with the most votes for the office of Governor shall be made Governor. The newly elected Governor is to be officially sworn in on the Tuesday following the election and shall immediately assume office at that point. In the case of a tie, all tied candidates are to run in a run-off election the following week to determine a winner.

vii) There may only be one Governorat any point in time. Once a new Governor is sworn in, the former one forfeits his or her office.

viii) If the office of Governor is to become vacant at some point while he or she is in office, than the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is to be immediately sworn in as Acting Governor of the Northeast Region, while maintaining his or her role as presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly.

ix) A Governor may be impeached at any time while they are in office by the will of two thirds of the Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region.

x) The Governor has the power to make political appointments and to be the official representative of the Region to the rest of Atlas Forum with the recommendation of the General Assembly of the Northeast Region. The Primary responsibility of the Governor shall be to work with the regional Senators and the Forum President to ensure that the rights, liberties, and interests of the people of the Northeast Region are protected.

xi) The Governor has veto power over any piece of legislation that the Northeast Assembly shall successfully vote in favour. The Governor may not have the power to veto parts as opposed to the whole of any legislation. The Governor is required to sign all pieces of legislation he supports into law after it passes a successful vote in the Legislative Assembly within one week of its passing. Once he or she has signed the legislation, it immediately becomes law unless otherwise stated in the legislation itself. If the Governor does not sign the successful legislation after one week, than it becomes law immediately.

xii) The Governor is obligated to present the Legislative Assembly a budget every January, if he or she is in office at that time. The budget of all government activities is to be voted on by the Assembly in the same January. The Governor is obligated that the budget does not provide for any deficits excepting times of emergency or war, a condition the Legislative Assembly must successfully endorse.

xiii) In the temporary absence of the Governor, then the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly may be allowed to temporarily conduct the duties of the Governor.

xiv) The chain of command for the Governorship of the Northeast Region shall be as follows: Governor, , Chief Judicial Officer, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Longest continuously serving Representative of the Northeast Region, followed by the next longest and the next and so on. The chain of command shall be used to fill sudden vacancies in the office of Governor.

Article V is amended to read as follows:

xiv) The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northeast acts as the President of the Northeast Legislative Assembly. He officially opens and closes the sessions, organizes votes on legislation and notifies the Reps of the results of any official vote. If a vote results in a perfect tie. In this case, the Governor shall be allowed to vote to break said tie.

xv) The Assembly shall have the power to override the Governor’s veto. If the Assembly passes legislation previously vetoed by the Governor by more than a two-thirds majority vote, it becomes law without the Governor’s signature. An override vote resulting in an exactly two-thirds majority shall be considered failed.

Article VI is amended to read as follows:

iv) No persons shall hold the positions of Governor and Chief Judicial Officer at the same time.

Now we'll begin debate on this proposed amendment. 48 hours, everyone.

[Napoleon]

Good idea, I'll get to work on a re-draft. We could include the recall amendment here too but I think it'd be better to have the people vote on them separately.

[Napoleon]

I'm going to extend this another 24, I've beena bit busy. Sorry guys.

[Napoleon]

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Representatives, you have 24 hours to vote on the amendments I made.

This is not a final vote!!!!!!

[Napoleon]

Sorry for being a bit dense, but could you perhaps bold or highlight the areas in which you made changes?

Sections 8 and 13, next time ill do that to begin with.

[Napoleon]

I'm a bit wary of having the assembly speaker be next in line after the governor - you're making it into a partisan position in that case, which I'm not very big on.  I think it would be better to have the CJO be next in line.

I'd rather the CJO stay away from partisan politics than the Speaker, an elected Representative then chosen by his or her peers.

[Napoleon]

Whatever the case, I don't think a partisan speaker is a good idea.  I'd rather that the assembly choose a (consenting) replacement from among its members, or that the office be left vacant prior to a special election being held.

We could limit acting Governor powers to only amendments, elections, and emergency executive actions. No legislation.

[Napoleon]

What determines whether a governor is absent, assuming that he hasn't declared his leave? Is it a failure to post in certain forums, to respond to messages, to visit the forum in general? In other words, how do we determine when the 7 days begin, when they end, and when they may have been interrupted? Also, does the passage of those 7 days of "inactivity" constitute a "sudden vacancy"?

We need to decide that right now.

[Napoleon]

I am tabling this for now. We need to consider a Constitutional Convention, it's getting a bit ridiculous.

[Napoleon]

Vital Civic Information Act

1. The Government of the Northeast shall keep a complete and accurate record at all times of the names of current members of the Assembly, the names of the region's executive and judicial officers, the dates of any forthcoming general or special elections and any other information which the government sees fit to make its citizens aware of.

2. The information to be made public by this act shall be published within three days of the passage of this Act.

3. Any future changes to the above information must be made within three days of an event necessitating a change, such as a new officer/legislator's ascendance to or removal from his respective office or the calling of a new special election.

4. Any member of the Legislature, or of the Executive or Judicial Branches, may make any necessary changes to the above information.

5. The above information shall be made public through at least one of the following media:
a. A new thread in the Regional Governments subforum of the Atlas Fantasy Government forum; or
b. The appropriate pages in the Atlasia Wiki.

6. If any inappropriate information, such as any egregious self-promotional, offensive or irrelevant text is made public through the media specified in 5 a or b, the Chief Judicial Officer is hereby authorized to remove it, at his discretion, upon the recommendation of any Northeast Citizen.

I move that this be considered by the Assembly, all in favour say 'aye', the ayes have it.

The sponsor, Representative homelycooking, will now speak to the Bill, debate will last 48 hours.