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RZ12 - The Organic Law Amendment (Citizenship (Baseball Is Not The Only Sport)) Bill

Published in Clark #3

WHEREAS the current "3 strikes" provision of OrgLaw XVIII, 10, whereby a citizen loses their citizenship on not voting in three consecutive elections, is a form of compulsory voting;

AND WHEREAS this is a "bug" rather than a feature;

AND WHEREAS there should be a way to maintain one's citizenship without having to vote;

BE IT ENACTED by the Ziu of Talossa, to be endorsed by the people in referendum, that the Organic Law, XVIII, 10, which currently reads:

If any citizen should fail to vote in an election for the Cosa, he shall be deemed to have incurred a "strike", unless the Secretary of State believes that the failure to vote may have been unintentional, or the King believes that the citizen's record and the circumstances of his failure to vote warrant an exception being made, in either of which cases no strike shall be incurred. If any citizen incurs strikes in three consecutive elections, he shall be deemed to have renounced his citizenship.

shall be replaced in its entirety by:

"Any citizen who neither votes in any general election nor responds to any national census established by law for a period of two years, as calculated at any Election Deadline, shall be deemed to have renounced his citizenship."

46th Cosâ, Clark #3 results		Amendment?	Ziu	Cosâ				Senäts
Bill	Title		Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result
RZ12	The Organic Law Amendment (Citizenship (Baseball Is Not The Only Sport)) Bill	Yes (2/3 Cosa needed, Majority Senäts)	Pass	164	16	0	Pass	4	3	1	Pass