New Speaker Election Thread

[SevenEleven]

Nominating Elcaspar for speaker

Seconded.

[SevenEleven]

1) Elcaspar
2) Encke

[SevenEleven]

I nominate SevenEleven for election as speaker.

I will accept the nomination.

If elected Speaker, I will keep everything organized and up to date, including legislation threat titles, seek out a deputy to ensure smooth operations for the full term, and do my best to open all votes between 12:00 and 12:30 AM Eastern so everything is easier to keep track of.

[SevenEleven]

1. Sev
2. Cao
3. Razze

[SevenEleven]

Voting begins now and will continue for 48 hours or until everyone has voted

It's been more than 48 hours, and everyone has voted. Are we done here?

The rules are a little unclear so I was planning to wait for Razze to close the vote. However, after a re-read, it seems I do have the authority to do this. Since there is a clear consensus, I don't foresee any issues here.

48 hours having passed, the voting period is now over.

Joseph Cao: Joseph Cao, Jessica, Spark, Beeman, Laki
SevenEleven: SevenEleven, FalterinArc, Gracile, Razze
Laki: none

By a vote of 5-4, Representative Joseph Cao is duly elected as Speaker of the House.

Congratulations, Mr. Cao. I'm confident that the House will be in good hands and I look forward to a productive session!

*Hands over gavel*

[SevenEleven]

Rep. Joseph Cao as Speaker of the House:
[ X ] Yes
[   ] No

[SevenEleven]

I am proud to nominate SevenEleven for the Speakership.  It is time for a change of leadership in this House.

👀

Well, thank you. I shall accept this nomination.

[SevenEleven]

1. SevenEleven
2. Joseph Cao

[SevenEleven]

It's funny how SevenEleven called being Speaker "bitch work", but is getting elected to it now. This is somebody who never took up responsibility while being deputy speaker. I don't get why Labor is replacing such a qualified speaker who never even thought about abusing his power. Very typical of Labor!

What? Lmao. I ran the House very well when in charge. Didn't have to do much when deputy speaker, sure, but this isn't an election for deputy speaker.

[SevenEleven]

It's funny how SevenEleven called being Speaker "bitch work", but is getting elected to it now. This is somebody who never took up responsibility while being deputy speaker. I don't get why Labor is replacing such a qualified speaker who never even thought about abusing his power. Very typical of Labor!

What? Lmao. I ran the House very well when in charge. Didn't have to do much when deputy speaker, sure, but this isn't an election for deputy speaker.

Citation needed

I was interim Speaker a while, before the current Speaker was elected.

[SevenEleven]

I thank the House for their vote of confidence and promise not to let you down! Thank you!

[SevenEleven]

I appoint Former Speaker Joseph Cao as Deputy Speaker. We have worked together before and I'm happy to do so once more!

[SevenEleven]

Apologies for not making it explicit like I did in March, but someone raised a concern. So I wanted to make it clear that I counted my own late vote, and allowed it as the presiding officer. I'm pretty sure I've been late more than once since then (including 2 months ago) without making this clear, but once again this is nothing that hasn't happened before. I'll make sure to say it next time

Yes I'll extend the Speaker vote. I wanted to wait for everyone else to vote before I cast my ballot this afternoon, but work ended up going much later than expected and here we are. Nothing that hasn't happened before, of course

You can't count late votes. The House rules I see when I follow the link on the noticeboard say:

2.) The most senior Representative, known as the Dean of Representatives, (seniority shall be determined by length of continuous service) who isn't on Leave of Absence, or the Representative chosen by the Dean, shall convene the House of Representative to elect a Speaker on the first day of each legislative session and when the office of Speaker is vacant. The House of Representatives shall elect a Speaker from among its members by majority consent within a 72-hour period. All votes cast following the 72-hour period shall be considered invalid. This period shall not be extended except if quorum has not been reached by the end of the voting period. In these cases, the Dean may extend the voting period for 24 hours. The Dean may terminate the voting period early if all Representatives have already cast their vote. with In the event of a tie, the Vice President shall be the deciding vote in electing the speaker.

The voting period was announced to be 48 hours in the thread. The House rules says 72 hours. Even after 72 hours the vote was a tie. It makes it clear All votes cast after 72 hours shall be considered invalid.

In the event of a tie the Vice President shall be the deciding vote. It will be interesting to see if the Vice President goes with voting for status quo like in many parliaments or with a partisan vote.

With all due respect Mr. Poirot, a further reading of the rules tell us that "2.) The presiding officer may unilaterally suspend any section of these rules at any time, unless another Representative objects. If a Representative objects, suspending the rules shall require the consent of two-thirds of sitting Representatives."

Given that a. The members of the House have spoken, b. The provision above, c. The precedent cited by Representative Razze, and d. The concession and subsequent acceptance of a new position by the outgoing Speaker, I ask if you wish to file a formal objection here on this matter before we proceed.