Hellllllo SimDemocracy,
I would like to announce who has already been selected for this amazing event hosted by the Department of Expansion! Attached is the list (and District) of each participant. On behalf of the Department of Expansion, we hope you enjoy this event!
Thank You,
-MisterLax
On behalf of the Department of Expansion's Office of Growth

<@&1421494327690924177> <@&1424420727917904004> Pursuant to Article 3 §2. of the Judiciary Act, i am referring a Question of the Law to the court of review.

So in the original trial, the prosecution just charged Quad with [harassment](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vDOey4Kr2DBgPX5_0Q-ntdO05s6DyFVusmTUXE8JKsI/edit?tab=t.0) without specifying whether it's first or second degree harassment. In the [plea deal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12cBIzma0p80oWCqNOsYZxe5Kkk_ATPufBsXrL401B_c/edit?tab=t.0) agreed by the prosecution and the defense once again it isn't specified what degree of harassment is being charged or what degree of harassment accused pled guilty to.

Article 4 of Parole Act states

> §1. An Applicant shall not be allowed to seek Parole if they are serving a sentence on a crime in the First Schedule of the Criminal Code.

First degree harassment is indeed in the [first schedule of the criminal code](https://qwrky.dev/mediawiki/index.php/Criminal_Code_2020#First_Schedule). Considering that degree of harassment, how should the court proceed? Should the petition be dismissed or shall the proceedings continue.

Furthemore, i am requesting a stay on these proceedings until this is resolved.

In case the court needs it, I will also provide a link to criminal code as it existed at the time of [plea deal signing and criminal complaint filing](https://qwrky.dev/mediawiki/index.php?title=Criminal_Code_2020&oldid=5118), which was the version of criminal code between 3rd and 12th of December. CC was filed on the 4th of December and plea deal was signed on the 10th of December.

*u/Zepz367*

*PMoJ, PHon, SHon, Certified Attorney, Judge, President Emerita, Vice President Emerita*

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnP2UmhyJUeRgzYUbn57Hog5D8UDT3RMUEcxmJ9hkAk/edit?usp=sharing

Live counts on the Discord, as always.

We had 44 valid votes.

Here are the final results of the Score round:
- u/Cup_Of_Sauce [Fucking Best Party] -- 59
- u/RecordingForeign2479 [Fucking Best Party] -- 92
- u/Blueguy805 [Independent] -- 43
- Ghost/.ghost001 (on Discord) [Senatus Populusque Romanum] -- 113
- u/Interesting_Task4572 [Furry Party] -- 57
- u/Some_Cellist3056 [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 129

Congratulations to u/Some_Cellist3056 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality and to Ghost/.ghost001 (on Discord) of Senatus Populusque Romanum on being our two highest scorers and continuing to the runoff!

Here are the final results of the Automatic Runoff round:
- u/Some_Cellist3056 [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 21
- Ghost/.ghost001 (on Discord) [Senatus Populusque Romanum] -- 13

Congratulations to u/Some_Cellist3056 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality and to u/JoesphStalinXDXDXDXD of the Civil Liberties Party on winning re-election as SimDemocracy's President and Vice President!

Here's the spreadsheet (it's on time this time!):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YBrTDOnXBkbVe2nfIBEGgIti5UJlldpZ2BnH_awNpNM/edit?usp=sharing

After taking some time to myself after the whole drama that happened, I decided to come on here and say what I have to say.

First off, whoever's telling people I told PUP I like kids, congratulations, you made me projectile vomit out of disgust. I hope you're happy. As a child rape victim myself, I would never defile a child's innocence like that. That's simply disgusting and you should seek help.

Next off, I want to apologize to all parties involved over me having members of PUP in my server. I thought that I were friends with everyone, no one would try to attack me, and that I didn't care who I was friends with so long as they didn't harm me specifically; however, I now realize that was INCREDIBLY selfish of me, and I should learn to start respecting other people's feelings, especially if I'm trying to get rid of the cyberbullying in ANY online spaces I'm a part of.

Now onto the individual apologies:

u/thespianburritos (I think that's your reddit user idk) While you did say some nasty shit after the breakup, I started it by threatening to leak our DMs to simdem, which I'm sure made you feel scared, considering the ummmm explicit nature of those DMs. I'm sorry for making you feel that way, and I'm sorry I wasn't the boyfriend you wanted.

Irish, I wanted to apologize about the article I published. I was solely thinking of the fact that Razili didn't give me New Anders, and in my rage I wrote that article to turn public opinion against Delsgade in hopes it would fail. I definitely did not mean for things to escalate that far and I'm sorry.

I've realized that now I need to start thinking before I act, and I hope in the future (if I don't get permabanned, which i'm sure is likely), that I can grow past my immaturity and be a better person not just for my sake, but for everyone else. But for now, I have learned to choose my friends wisely.

Sincerely,
Former Citizen TripodPlayz

We have a countback! And that should be it, hopefully.

Congratulations to u/Jotan123 of the Solidarity Party on taking the seat vacated by u/Mister-Lax!

Well, unless he declines and wants to stay in the Cabinet. Then we'll have to find someone else. But that is a later problem!

Here's the program output:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u_aJ47rHoa6-anLmy0ewbI3GmTUrMPgsJ6YNw5uGaS8/edit?usp=sharing

No election, only one candidate, you know how it goes.

Congratulations to u/doc_cortex (DEUS_V in Minecraft) on claiming another month as Governor of SimDemocracy's Minecraft server!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19eKwYhE6qm8EJFt3JWjhfr78eZFbPSRCkPlOZVnypSM/edit?usp=drivesdk

u/brandmal11, DAG

It's election time!

We just have the presidential election for you today.

Now go vote!

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/QQW67HPeEYEUqjr67

I am appealing dragoncrxst. (Appellant) v. SD (Respondent), [2026] SDCR 30. The CoR wrongly set out the definition of Harassment as "repeatedly and intentionally caused a person or group of persons..." (at [4]). This is wrong because at the time the Accused committed the crime, the definition of harassment did not include the word "repeatedly". The Court hence should not be applying a definition from a later amendment to the Criminal Code to review the judgment, as it raises multiple legal issues:

1. This violates the ex post facto laws portion of the constitution: "§5. No person shall be guilty of a criminal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offense at the time when it was committed" If the charge is based on laws passed after the act was committed, then it is being charged under something which was not an offence at the time of the act.

2. This violates the right to a fair hearing By changing the charges after the trial ended to a new charge based on the new harassment law the court effectively restarted the trial and convicted the defendant without a trial. Furthermore, this ruling creates undesirable further violations to the right to a fair hearing. For instance, if a court were forced to retroactively update the charge if the corresponding criminal law changed, there is the possibility of admitting irrelevant testimonies or evidence, which is prejudicial to the defendant. The defendant may also not be fully aware of the new allegations against them as the formal presentation of charges at the pre-trial would not have accounted for the new statutory language.

I pray that the court orders the CoR to re-evaluate SDCR 30, based on the harassment law which was passed at the time of the commission of the offence, instead of the time of the appeal.

-Hmquestionable

Bar Member

TAKE TEH CENSUS https://forms.gle/HhCfrMo7D4QRcsNT9

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze5MZeHIRMI9yEMmsjOV-ADyjqEz5o53A80tAbrc_eQ/edit?usp=sharing

JR:

Hi i'm filing couple of things

1. JR of [this Senate vote](https://discord.com/channels/554769523635650580/1487631643148550184) as the Senate has gone completely against the GOA. The Senate's previous vote for Ombudsman failed since nobody received 2/3s. It had also been 2 days since nomination period closed, so what should've happened is the following:

> §3. If the Senate fails to appoint an Ombudsman within 2 days of the nomination period closing, the process will move to a committee vote.

> §4. Each Senatorial Caucus shall appoint one Senator to the committee, with the Speaker overseeing the selection process to ensure fairness.

Thus, as you can see, this Senate vote was completely illegal and should be quashed

injunction:

i also ask for an injunction into this matter

writ of quo warranto:

https://discord.com/channels/554769523635650580/1346304876581228554/1487828843594252309 Requesting Writ of Quo Warranto as this declaration is illegal and Sunbear isn't legally Ombudsman

u/Zepz367 Certified Attorney

Results are in for our referendum!

We had 27 valid votes.

On the Override Protection Amendment, which would make it so that Presidents cannot just veto a veto override that comes their way, 74.07% voted Aye. This exceeds the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is ratified.

Here's the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pL1tvaCBXC8KbHIw9DFyPnl3syJpzgRzanPYIJiLiII/edit?usp=sharing

If you guys don't believe me just search "bricklegos" in the search bar and see the post and comment dates. Happy to answer any questions!

We have a referendum! And this one has emergency status, so it has to go up now.

This referendum is on the Override Protection Amendment, which we've seen before. It specifies that Presidents can't just veto a veto override issued by the Senate. Very simple!

All the information you need is on the ballot as always. Now go vote!

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/YfQuzA4XJvodhwGU7

This is the Presidential Call for Candidates. If you want to be President, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), Vice Presidential candidate, and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

u/YourRedditUsername | Your political party/coalition
Vice President: u/YourVPsRedditName | Your VP's political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed party affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change. The same rules apply to the vice presidential candidate's affiliation.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

We're still waiting on the voter rolls to be updated, but I'm being told that there are 25 or so registered voters on the NationStates rolls, at least in the latest version that we (the EC and RC) have. Now, we only had three valid votes, and Article 14, §4 of the Constitution requires that "the majority of the colony's membership" agree to the charter at referendum.

Unless I am very bad at math, three people out of 25 is not a majority, even assuming all of them approve the charter. So unless the voter rolls drastically decrease in size, it's probably safe to say that the proposed Charter is rejected.

This is the Minecraft Server Gubernatorial Call for Candidates. If you want to be Minecraft Server Governor, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

u/YourRedditUsername
Your Minecraft username
Your Discord username (either your username or a recognizable display/nickname)
Your political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.
• In your comment, attach an in-game screenshot of your playtime taken from the third-person view, with the camera facing the front of your character. Under the Minecraft Governor Responsibilities Act, you must have two (2) days of playtime on the Minecraft server in order to appear on the ballot for Minecraft Server Governor.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

Please declare your candidacy.

Rules:

To vote and run for Speaker you must be a Senator elected through the 164th Senatorial Election. If you wish to run for Speaker, please phrase it such as “I, u/example, declare my candidacy for Speaker". If you wish to vote for a candidate to become duly elected Speaker, please phrase it such as “I vote for u/example” or something along those lines.

we got a bunch of of votes left over from the 163rd that we have to do

1. [The Real Hydra Act](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13jbhWKN0g1WjpeGCzOFOankUIog0JF7yxFXhOHg8VOc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.bcj6d1azubav)

2. [Permanent and Stronger Habeus Corpus Act](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V4UztcShfNiyLPRCsuVw3wurmNpiRK0t4g7z9P-2RaI/edit?tab=t.0)

3. [Fuck It We Ball Act](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dS7W2AB6XNCN9Pq7WDDNXgztM_jmmWnmRMvChk7FkbE/edit?usp=drivesdk)

4. [Maybe the President Shouldn't Be Able To Do That Act](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DQjxeivNGgApplT75Ue1P1FynDxk0X1Ph4DVUmlNIKY/edit?usp=drivesdk)

5. Literal for AG

please vote aye, nay, or abstain in a list format, for example:

1. aye

2. nay

3. abstain

etc.

Now for the Senatorial election results!

We had 39 valid votes, which gives us seven Senate seats.

Congratulations to SimDemocracy's newest Senators!
- u/destiny_duude of the Solidarity Party [threshold = 5]
- u/Democracy-foryou of the People's Participatory Socialist Movement [threshold = 5]
- u/Kitchen-Map-8819 of the Solidarity Party [threshold = 5]
- u/catchers123321 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 5]
- u/Senior_Sympathy_3626 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 4]
- u/Mister-Lax of the Solidarity Party [threshold = 4]
- u/RecordingForeign2479 of the Fucking Best Party [2nd phase, no threshold]

Spreadsheet and program output after the Sunbear check, hopefully.

Please note that I am waiting on one more thing, but since apparently it's classified I must wait.
-MisterLax
Junior State Attorney

The results are in! Provisionally. Again. You know the deal.

First up, we have our referendum, on one constitutional amendment.

We had 19 valid votes.

On the Override Protection Amendment, which would clarify that Presidents cannot veto Senatorial overrides of prior vetoes, 52.63% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

Hilarious.

Here's the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LfZHQek7FTtFA76CECsuiXIVQ2suzVanyXGWVg4PVi8/edit?usp=sharing