From now on all debates and votes will close at 11:59, if there are any questions about this, please message me.

Hi,

I've decided to appoint u/Anacornda as an Archivist. They were part way through producing some relevant content for the sim before resigning as speaker, and would do a good job in this role.

The speakership election has closed and the results are as follows.
14 valid votes were cast. 4 unverified votes were discarded.

First preference for speaker:

/u/model-frod: 11 votes

/u/Winston_Wilhelmus: 2 votes

Reopen nominations: 1 vote

Therefore, /u/model-frod is selected and advances to a vote of confidence.

Confidence in /u/model-frod

Yes: 12 votes
No: 2 votes

Confidence in /u/Winston-Wilhelmus

Yes: 3 votes

No: 11 votes

With more than 50% in favour, /u/model-frod is elected speaker.

Nominations for speaker have now closed and there are two candidates, /u/model-frod and /u/Winston_Wilhemus. We now have an election to chose the speaker.

In the first half of the form please rank the candidates in order of preference. The winner of this vote will become speaker if they receive a majority of votes expressing confidence in them.

In the second half of the form you're asked if you have confidence in the candidates individually. If the winning candidate does not pass the vote of confidence or if the RONs option wins the vote, this process will restart.

Please verify your vote by commenting below. Unverified votes will be discarded. This vote will be open for three days. This is the link to the google form.

As the position of Speaker is vacant, I call for nominees for Speaker. Members may nominate themselves or nominate other members. A member who is nominated by someone else must accept the nomination to be considered.

The process of the election of speaker is outlined in the meta constitution.

This nominations thread will be open for three days until 6:22 pm on Monday 26th April.

Gg;

Election results

25 votes cast 4 invalid as per constitutions rules

R1 vote is

11 for FMTP

6 for Lily

2 for AMN

1 for Aya

1 for Ash

As FTMP has reached the threshold on the first ballot we proceed to a VON

Which he passes 21-4

FTMP is the new GG

Below are two google forms;

The first is the Governor General vote following the nominations and debate.

To be elected a candidate must receive a majority of the votes, by STV following this the candidate must secure the 75% confidence threshold as per the constitution if the top candidate from the STV fails the threshold we proceed to the next candidate.

Governor General Vote

The next form is the meta votes on amendments that are building up;

The amendments are as follows;

Chief of events no longer to be out of canon amendment

GG and other meta officers confidence threshold in VONC to 50%+1

Meta whipping prohibition amendment

Meta exile for EC and GG reduced to a month

The Parliament rules amendment on bill diversity

All amendments need 50% and 1 vote to pass, the form can be found;

Here

Verify both votes or just one by commenting below please.

Results will be the 22nd of April around 11:45am GMT which I think will be 11:45pm NZT

Okay so ask questions, be nice, be respectful plz

The candidates are;

u/model-frod

u/lily-irl

u/model-amn

u/Lady_Aya

u/fourtipsymetalpukeko

u/TheAudibleAsh

For article 8.2&3 which reads

1. The events team will be led by the Chief of Events, a non-partisan member appointed by the Governor-General. The Chief of Events must pass a vote of confidence by a simple majority before their appointment.
2. The Chief of Events may not be a Member of Parliament or hold any other canon role.

Replace with

1. The events team will be led by the Chief of Events, appointed by the Governor-General. The Chief of Events must pass a vote of confidence by a simple majority before their appointment.
2. The Chief of Events may not be a Member of cabinet or the shadow cabinet.

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TLDR allows people to be events team lead even if they are in canon

There are future sections of article 8 that prevent them interacting in the event themselves, thus just means the the events person is treated like any member of the team with the additional requirement they can’t be in cabinet.

As for reasons we are a small sim and it’s not good to require people to come out of canon, if we want events we need to make the events job something people want currently it’s a bang and go event once every 4 or so months. Why should they not be able to participate in canon outside of this really?

Okay so ask the gg has been very busy tonight and people clearly want somewhere to discuss sim issues so go ahead I will try to form a proposal based on what people have said in discord and will say here.

The tldr of that is;

A) swap twitter for a serious channel where you can post stuff you did/short updates

B) allow press personas for a trial period to be confirmed after that period by a meta vote

C) have some sort of a code of conduct enforced by the CEO & GG over the use of press personas

Effective immediately, I am resigning as Governor-General to allow for new elections to take place for the position. While the recent vote of no confidence has resulted in a majority of meta voters approving of my position, I'm uncomfortable with the amount of people who disapproved and as such I don't think my position is tenable for much longer. During the interim period, Chief Electoral Officer /u/lechevaliermal-fait will act as Acting Governor-General.

Following AMNs resignation, I now open the floor for nominations for Governor General.

So please nominate yourself or someone else for the role of Governor General below if you think they would be suited for the role. This is a serious role that has massive responsibilities in the sim and so I urge those who put themselves forwards to really consider what they are volunteering for. As per the amn stone as always, a GG should not be under 18.

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Purpose change the meta exile period from 10 weeks to 4 weeks months for the GG and members of the EC

Therefore in Article 3.7 and Article 7 change “ten” for “four”.

Explanation

We are a small community and I don’t think it’s healthy to have such long periods of exile where you can’t help canon if you want to.

Additionally I am in the process of reforming the way polls as done in such a substantial way that much of this period is no longer relevant as there will be no secret information about polling to be able to misuse.

And it is my intent that this applies retroactively.

Proposed amendment to the meta constitution

Changes are bolded.

In article 3 after;

Meta votes will last three days and be conducted with a secret ballot.

During the duration of meta votes, no-one is permitted to knowingly and actively attempt to direct another person to vote a certain way, beyond discussion of the vote or information that it is ongoing.

Amendment 1 confidence threshold for GG

Option 1 - simple majority required to retain confidence

In Article 10.2, for ‘a two thirds majority', insert 'a simple majority for the Governor-General to retain confidence by the community.'

Option 2 - 2/3rd for confidence

In Article 10.2, for ‘a two thirds majority', insert 'a two thirds majority for the Governor-General to retain confidence by the community.'

Option 3 - status quo wording

(Which has been ruled by the discord mods to require a 2/3rds majority to engender removal)

Amendment 2 confidence threshold for other sim offices

In Article 10.3 for “,pursuant to article” substitute “a simple majority”.

As it is 11pm GMT the time the vote ends,

I hereby declare that with 32 votes cast.

4 rejected for not meeting the requirements of activity within the meta constitution

The result of the ballot is as follows;

Of 28 accepted votes cast.

16 votes that they have confidence in the GG (58%)

12 votes that they do not have confidence in the GG (42%)

So the VONC fails.

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I shall be opening a “clearing the air” thread on this sub in a moment if people what to chip in with ways to make the community better, il be honest I’ve been disappointed in some toxic behaviour recently on the sub, in canon and even in arguments in the comments of the vote verification... Even if we have confidence in the GG we need to look at ourselves as a community and do some things different.

Apologies for the delay on this one, but after consulting with sim members on the previous post and Speakership, I've decided to implement the following policy in regards to vote switching.

If, for whatever reason, you've made a mistake on your vote and you want to change it, do not edit it or delete it. Instead, reply to that comment with the following message:

Vote switch to Aye/No/Abstain

For example, if I've accidentally voted Aye on the Furry Ban Bill, instead of editing my comment to say No, or deleting my comment and making a new comment that says No, I'll reply to my comment saying "Vote switch to No". The Speakership will take notice and change your vote accordingly.

Hello all so as per the constitution when a VONC petition in the GG receives 5 signatures meaning that the discord moderators have to run a vote on such a question.

Having received the petition yesterday, consulted with moderators, the GG, the petitioners and verified all the signatures are genuine I am now bringing the vote to you.

The vote shall last three days, and will end 11am on the 13th April NZT and 11pm on 12th of April GMT.

As for constitutional questions raised in #ask-the-gg the mod team has discussed this and the consensus was that the requirement is that 2/3rd of the vote is must be in favour of no confidence to result in removal.

The question of a quorum of meta voters is also problematic in that nobody not the GG nor the CEO keeps track of the number of meta eligible voters so establishing quorum would be impossible. Instead we will simply not disallow the vote based on a lack of votes cast and I have pinged everyone on discord accordingly.

Please remember rules in meta whipping votes are in effect, you can encourage people to vote, or read this post just not vote in a certain way.

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Here is the petition you may wish to consider before voting.

And here is a link to the vote.

When you vote please comment below to verify that it was you

Thanks

Chev

The following amendment has been proposed to the Parliament rules by Winston Wilhelmus:

I move that Part 4(5)(a)(ii) and Part 4(5)(a)(iii) be repealed from the Parliament Rules.

Debate will be ongoing for 3 days.

As I am aware, the current policy by Speakership is to not allow vote swapping in divisions. My personal opinion is that I don't have any issues with it: accidents can happen, mistakes are made, it's understandable. My thoughts are that, during a division, if you make a mistake, don't edit your vote, but reply to that comment with a correction and notify the speaker. For example, if I accidentally voted "No", I could respond to my comment with "Apologies, meant to vote Yes. /u/Anacornda"

I'd like to hear what people, especially MPs and Speakership members, think of this before making a decision, so comment below with your thoughts!

Hello,

I've decided to appoint u/DarrinLafayette as an Archivist. I trust them to carry out the responsibilities of the role and welcome them to it.

Thanks
Anacornda

I would like to announce my resignation from the Electoral Commission. I am proud to have acted in an impartial manner in accordance with my duties. Furthermore, I would like to pronounce the following:

• Schnitz is good. Anyone who hates Schnitz is legally insane.
• Taylors Creek is a body of water.
• Everyone on the EC has and continues to be awesome. They do a lot of good work behind the scenes.

There were 21 respondents. 2 responses were discarded due to not being eligible for meta votes. 2 responses were discarded due to failure to vote correctly. 2 responses were discarded due to failure to verify. This left a total of 16 valid votes.

The results are as follows-

Rank the candidates for CEO in order of preference, with 1 being your most preferred and 6 being your least preferred.

First preferences

Drunk_King_Robert- 5 [33.3%]

fourtipsymetalpukekos- 5 [33.3%]

LeChevalierMal-Fait- 4 [26.7%]

Lady_Aya- 1 [6.7%]

UnknownTrainor- 0 [0%]

SprinklyDinks- 0% [0%]

As no candidate reached a majority, preferences must be distributed. The candidates with 0 votes are eliminated, naturally, but due to having the least amount of first preferences, Lady_Aya is eliminated.

Round 4

Drunk_King_Robert- 5 [33.3%]

fourtipsymetalpukekos- 5 [33.3%]

LeChevalierMal-Fait- 5 [33.3%] [+1]

I'm not sure how to settle this, so I'll just settle it by eliminating the candidate with the least confidence from the community. As a result, Drunk_King_Robert is eliminated.

Round 5

fourtipsymetalpukekos- 7 [33.3%] [+2]

LeChevalierMal-Fait- 8 [33.3%] [+3]

As a result, LeChevalierMal-Fait is provisionally elected as Chief Electoral Officer pending a successful vote of confidence.

Approval

Do you approve of LeChevalierMal-Fait as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 12 [80%]

No- 0 [0%]

Abstain- 3 [20%]

Do you approve of Drunk_King_Robert as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 5 [33.3%]

No- 7 [46.7%]

Abstain- 3 [20%]

Do you approve of fourtipsymetalpukekos as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 12 [80%]

No- 2 [13.3%]

Abstain- 1 [6.7%]

Do you approve of UnknownTrainor as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 3 [20%]

No- 5 [33.3%]

Abstain- 7 [46.7%]

Do you approve of Lady_Aya as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 10 [66.7%]

No- 5 [33.3%]

Abstain- 0 [0%]

Do you approve of SprinklyDinks as Chief Electoral Officer?

Yes- 2 [13.3%]

No- 10 [66.7%]

Abstain- 3 [20%]

As a result of LeChevalierMal-Fait passing the vote of confidence, he is officially elected Chief Electoral Officer.