L.C. 7.14: No-One Voted Clarification SOAP Amendment

[S019]

No-One Voted Clarification SOAP Amendment

The following shall be inserted into Section 3 of the SOAP

J. In the event where all Councilors have missed a vote, the Presiding Officer may exercise one of three options: they may extend the vote for 24 hours, this shall not require consent to suspend the rules, they may certify the vote as a failed vote, due to not receiving a single AYE vote, or they may certify the vote as a tied vote, and have the governor break the tie. Whichever option the presiding officer chooses may be overridden if 2/3rd's of sitting Councilors object, in which case the presiding officer must choose another option. If a sufficient amount of Councilors object to all three options, the presiding officer may choose whichever option they desire.

Sponsor: S019

Debate on this has begun and shall last for at least 72 hours

[S019]

So, this is pretty straightforward, any concerns and/or objections?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

No objections.

[Sestak]

I don't support allowing certification of a 0-0 vote as a passable tie. Either extend the vote or mark it as failed.

[S019]

Amendment to satisfy the Governor's concerns

No-One Voted Clarification SOAP Amendment

The following shall be inserted into Section 3 of the SOAP

J. In the event where all Councilors have missed a vote, the Presiding Officer may exercise one of three two options: they may extend the vote for 24 hours, this shall not require consent to suspend the rules, or they may certify the vote as a failed vote, due to not receiving a single AYE vote, or they may certify the vote as a tied vote, and have the governor break the tie. Whichever option the presiding officer chooses may be overridden if 2/3rd's of sitting Councilors object, in which case the presiding officer must choose another option. If a sufficient amount of Councilors object to all three both options, the presiding officer may choose whichever option they desire.

24 hours to object to the amendment

[S019]

So, this amendment is adopted, any further concerns with this?

[CookieDamage]

No further objections

[S019]

Moving for a final vote on this, 24 hours to object

[S019]

With no objections, the final vote is now open and will remain open for 48 hours



AYE

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Aye

[n1240]

Aye

[S019]

I forgot to close this vote and while the Council is now dissolved, as this is an official tally of a vote which concluded prior to dissolution, this should be allowed, and if isn't, the Speaker of the 8th Council can just quote this post and certify this vote.


AYE: S019, 20RP12, n1240
NAY:
ABSTAIN:
NOT VOTING: Gorguf, cookiedamage

[S019]

I forgot to close this vote and while the Council is now dissolved, as this is an official tally of a vote which concluded prior to dissolution, this should be allowed, and if isn't, the Speaker of the 8th Council can just quote this post and certify this vote.


AYE: S019, 20RP12, n1240
NAY:
ABSTAIN:
NOT VOTING: Gorguf, cookiedamage

Quoting, this is now officially certified