LC 4.12: Lincoln Cabinet and Election Reform Amendment (Passed)

[OneJ]

Lincoln Cabinet and Elections Reform Amendment

Article II, Section 7 of the Lincoln Constitution is hereby repealed.

Article III, Section 1 is hereby amended to read:

1. The people of the Region of Lincoln may initiate the recall of any officer of this Region, except the Associate Justice of the Circuit Court, the Minister of Regional Elections or the Chancellor or ministers of the Cabinet, from that office — though they may still be recalled in their capacities as councilors - by delivering to the Minister of Regional Elections a petition stating the reason for recall and signed by one tenth of the total population of the Region. The Minister of Regional Elections shall then open the voting booth, according to the rules and regulations for elections set forth in this Constitution; but if the officer to be recalled is the Minister of Regional Elections in their capacity as a councilor, then the Speaker of the Council shall open the voting booth. The ballot question shall be, “Shall [A.B.] be recalled from the office of [name of the office held]?” A vote of “YES” shall be considered a vote for recall; a vote of “NO” shall be considered a vote against recall. Abstentions will not affect the results. Recalled officers shall forfeit their offices immediately.

Article V, Section 3 is hereby amended to read:

3. All elections and referendums of this Region shall be administered by the Minister of Regional Elections. The Minister of Regional Elections shall be appointed by the Chancellor, shall serve at the pleasure of the chancellor, and may be impeached and removed from office by a vote of two-thirds of the Council. Whenever the Minister of Regional Elections is unable to execute this duty, the Speaker of the Council Governor shall administer the election. Whenever the Minister of Regional Elections and Governor are both unable to execute this duty, the Speaker of the Council shall administer the election.

Sponsor: Pragmatist_TNAG
Status: Debating

The debating period for bill 4.12 has commenced and shall last no longer than seventy-two hours.

[OneJ]

This bill hasn't gotten any debate, so I assuming everyone approves of this bill as is, right? In that case, I motion for a final vote. Councilors can object to the motion within 24 hours.

[Pragmatist_TNAG]

This bill hasn't gotten any debate, so I assuming everyone approves of this bill as is, right? In that case, I motion for a final vote. Councilors can object to the motion within 24 hours.

I support Speaker OneJ's motion

[OneJ]

Alright, as no councilor objected to my motion the final vote on LC 4.12 shall commence. Councilors have 48 hours to vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE

[Pragmatist_TNAG]

Aye

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Abstain

[PSOL]

Aye

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Due to Ninja's vacant seat Constitutional Amendments will only need 4/6 votes to pass rather than 5/7.

[OneJ]

The final vote for LC 4.12 has closed. The aye's have it and the bill has passed.

AYE: 4 (OneJ, JGibson, Pragmatist_TNAG, PSOL)
NAY: 0
ABSTAIN: 1 (Lakigigar)
Not Voting: 1 (Dkrol)

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Fantastic, the amendment can now go to a referendum.