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RZ28 - The Time! Time! (Elections Take Time) Amendment

Published in Clark #6

WHEREAS the timing of the next General Election in the second half of December suggests that one month is not an excessive length of time to conduct an election by absentee ballot (as Talossan elections are); and 
 
WHEREAS a two-week election period will likely have the effect of disenfranchising a significant number of citizens, particularly during unfortunately-timed elections such as the next one, and will also likely have the effect of prematurely terminating citizenships that could have been saved with a longer election period; and 
 
WHEREAS it is possible to retain the benefit of a longer period for organising a new government (which was one of the objectives of 44RZ4) while still having an election period longer than two weeks; and 
 
WHEREAS some uncertainty has been expressed about whether 6RC3, the Vote in Advance Act, could still be in effect; and 
 
WHEREAS 6RC3 is probably the most corrupt piece of legislation ever enacted in the Kingdom of Talossa, and could as well have been titled the “I seriously want to have pocket votes that I can literally keep in my pocket and pull out whenever I need them act”; now 
 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa that the following amendment to the Organic Law be recommended to the citizenry for ratification: 
 
Section 3 of Article VII of Organic Law ("Elections to the Cosa"), which currently reads: 
All elections to the Cosa are to be conducted during a period beginning from the fifteenth day of the calendar month following the dissolution of the prior Cosa until 7:30 p.m. on the first day of the subsequent month. The first day of this period (the fifteenth) is called the "Balloting Day" and the final day is called the "Election Deadline." 
is replaced in full by the following text: 

All elections to the Cosa are to be conducted during a period beginning from the first day of the calendar month following the dissolution of the prior Cosa until 11:59 p.m. Talossan time on the last day of that month. The first day of this period (the first) is called the "Balloting Day" and the final day is called the "Election Deadline." 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 6RC3, the Vote in Advance Act, is hereby formally repealed (even assuming it has any current legal force). 

 

45th Cosâ, Clark #6 results		Amendment?	Ziu	Cosâ				Senäts
Bill	Title		Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result
RZ28	The Time! Time! (Elections Take Time) Amendment	No (double majority needed)	Fail	101	57	24	Pass	2	2	0	Fail