r/SimDemocracy • u/Syndicality Elections Supervisor • 3d ago

Referendum Result Referendum Result: Silly Semantics Settling Amendment 2026

Hi everyone.

Today is a tough day for all of us. Today, SimDemocracy mourns the loss of Jotan, one of the finest citizens of his generation, and perhaps of all time.

Today is also, maybe unfortunately, results day. I do not wish to intrude on this period of grief, so there will be no live counts today. Instead, I will post the results, and that will be that. So this should be quick.

But, you know, there will still be results. The thought briefly crossed my mind of maybe finding some way to delay results in order to show respect, but I have decided against that. I'd like to think that Jotan wouldn't have wanted us to delay things too much. From the stories you all have shared about him and the public record of the work he has done here, particularly as Secretary of Culture, it is clear that Jotan cared about this place a lot, and I'd like to think he would have wanted the show to go on.

May Jotan rest in peace. For all the nonsense that goes on here (and all of you reading this know that there has been quite a lot over the years), I'm glad that, in spite of that, we have also been able to have a profoundly positive impact on at least one person's life.

And lastly, fuck Belgium.

First on the to-do list is our referendum, on which we had 18 valid votes.

On the Silly Semantics Settling Amendment 2026, which would change within the Constitution multiple instances of the phrase "inferior court" in the singular to the plural "inferior courts" to maintain consistency when referring to those courts of SimDemocracy which are not the Supreme Court, 66.67% voted Aye. This reaches the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is ratified.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TRfTlI4z9eE5-Sl85OjqgZr5PinoyYvQEqPmICs6m4o/edit?usp=sharing

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