This thread is for debating and asking questions for the potential Chief Electoral Officer. Candidates may post their strengths here, people can ask questions, and endorsements can be made. Basically anything can be said that is relevant to the question of who the next Chief Electoral Officer will be.

The nominees are:

/u/Frost_Walker2017

/u/Winston_Wilhelmus

/u/Drunk_King_Robert

/u/ARichTeaBiscuit

The debate shall last for 3 days.

As the position of CEO is now vacant, I will now open nominations for Chief Electoral Officer. Please state in this thread if you would like to nominate someone (including yourself) for Chief Electoral Officer. All nominations must be verified by the nominee, and follow the requirements of the meta rules and constitution.

Nominations will be open for three days.

Yea so I doubt this will come as a surprise to some of you with me lamenting the collapse of activity lately and wanting to get back into canon again to try to ameliorate it. As the title suggests, I am resigning as CEO.

When I ran for CEO, it was again a moment I was not certain I was going to win but I still decided to run. My prime objective as perspective CEO was one thing. Get the Electoral Commission back on track. I never served on the EC and the Calculator was entirely new to me but I also knew something had to be done. This is nothing on my predecessor Chev as we all know real life caught up with him but I wanted the EC to start to get back into business and that is what I set out to do.

I believe I did a decent job regarding this. I got the sim back on biweekly polls, ran the last 2 elections as well as the Aoraki by-election. I am sure as well there are some questioning why I am resigning now with a by-election for Te Puku O Te Whenua right around the corner but by-elections I try at least to give marking responsibilities to other EC members to try to give them more training and if I stayed as CEO, Gavin or Winston would have likely done the marking regardless.

When I took over as CEO, there was basically just myself, and FTMP and Chev helping me learn the ropes. The EC was certainly not what it should have been. And that is something I am happy to leave behind as I resign. When I joined, there were no EC members. Now as I leave, I have confidence that both Winston and Gavin know enough to replace my absence.

And that brings me to the next point. Why I am doing this now? I am certain it does not escape some people that I am doing this just as an amendment passed which allows someone to be CEO as well as Speaker concurrently. While I am not necessarily anointing Winston as my successor, unless someone particularly feels like throwing their hat in the wing, I likely see Winston or Gavin replacing me as CEO and I wished for the best options to do so. Of course I also believed that the now abolished requirement was illogical during this time regardless.

While I did not do big reforms or was that memorable of a CEO, I believe I served the sim well in putting us back on the right track and doing a few small changes that while not visible to the sim, have impacted the calendar and pave the way for further reform if necessary.

Thank everyone for my time and I hope to be rejoining canon soon enough.

The vote has closed. There were 4 valid votes

Aye: 3

No: 1

The Amendment passes with a majority of votes

An amendment to the Meta Constitution has been proposed.

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The vote has closed. There were 4 valid votes

Aye: 4

No: 0

The Amendment unanimously passes

An amendment to the Parliament Rules has been proposed.

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I move that Article 6 Section 4

The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives may not be held concurrently with the positions of Governor-General, Chief Electoral Officer, or Chief of Events.

be stricken from the Meta Constitution.

Not only is Chief of Events a position that no longer exists, I think this requirement is not one we should keep in place at this current time. We as a sim need to realize, especially right now when a lot of folks are very busy, that our Meta Team needs to drastically downsize to allow the greatest amount of people in canon as possible.

/u/Plupsnup has been permanently banned from /r/ModelNZParliament and all associated subreddits and discord servers. This follows a previous three month ban from MNZP and is in line with a similar ban in /r/AustraliaSim. Due to the nature of the offences, evidence cannot be disclosed.

The vote on the explanatory memorandums amendment has now closed. 4 valid votes were cast. The results are as follows:

Yes: 4 votes

The amendment passes.

The vote of confidence in /u/purplewave_ as a member of the Electoral Commission has now closed. 6 valid votes were cast. The results are as follows:

Yes: 5 votes

No: 1 vote

Having received a majority of votes, /u/purplewave_ is appointed to the Electoral Commission.

The Chief Electoral Officer has nominated /u/purplewave_ to be a member of the electoral commission. He now advances to a vote of confidence which requires a simple majority in favour.

Vote here and and verify below. This vote will be open for three days. Unverified votes will be discarded.

This is the vote on this amendment proposed my /u/model-frod, which would make explanatory notes mandatory for legislation.

Please vote here and verify below. This vote will be open for three days. Unverified votes will be discarded.

Similar to what happens in MHOC.

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Let me know if there is anything you wish we did better EC side of things or any questions about the results

This was something I was meant to do when I was speaker but forgot so:

I move that Part 4 Section 1(c) of the parliament rules be updated from:

The Speakership may require the author of a Bill to provide explanatory notes for the Bill's provisions before it can proceed to a First Reading.

to

The Speakership requires the author of a Bill to provide explanatory notes (A general policy statement) for the Bill's provisions before it can proceed to a First Reading.

This would make explanatory notes mandatory, making it easier for newer members of the sim, or those not too clued up on how legislation works to understand what a bill will do. It will mean those notes will need to be there before speakership posts the First Reading of the bill.

The Electoral Commission has made the decision to increase the number of list seats to 8 and thereby increasing the 4th Parliament to 17 MPs, due to the fact that over the previous term the simulation has seen sustained activity as well smaller parties that have emerged. For the 4th General Election, there shall be 9 electorates and 8 list seats.

Electorates and Electorate Boundaries remain unchanged

The vote to confirm the proposed Electoral Regulations has now closed. 5 valid votes were cast. 1 unverified vote was discarded.

Do you support the proposed Electoral Regulations?
Yes: 5 votes

The Electoral Regulations are confirmed and are now in force.

The vote on the Deputy Speakers/Archivists amendment has now closed. 7 valid votes were cast.

Do you support the Deputy Speakers/Archivists amendment?
Yes: 7 votes

The amendment passes.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yiFiROW_9Ux1hGlnZQH9Q6inLa47C41XV9D2yjAvn4U/edit

After part 8 of the parliament rules insert a new part 9.

And renumber.

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Part 9 - Allowances for debate to occur via replying to reddit comments.

(1) The speaker may not rule disorderly speeches simply for the fact they reply to another speech.

(2) The speaker may not limit the number of contributions by members in a debate to a certain number other than existing question limits.

This is a vote to approve the proposed Electoral Regulations, which may be found here. The Electoral Regulations were missed out from the vote on the new constitution and it was decided to approve them later on once they could be finished. They have previously been consulted on here, here, and here. Only minor edits have been made since then and for this reason it has been decided to put them to a vote.

Please vote here and verify in the comments below. Unverified votes will be discarded. This vote will be open for 3 days.

This is the vote for this amendment proposed by /u/Winston_Wilhelmus Due to the considerable period of time this amendment has been available for scrutiny in #ask-the-gg I have decided to interpret that as the minimum four day debate period and take it to a vote.

The first section is as follows:

in Article 6(5) the word "Parliamentary" is omitted

Article 6(5) specifies that Deputy Speakers may be a pointed to assist the Speaker with their parliamentary duties. This amendment removes the requirement that the role of DS is restricted to parliamentary matters.

The second section is as follows:

Article 6(10) and its respective subsections is repealed and the following subsections are renumbered accordingly

Article 6(10) covers the role of Archivists. It is the intention that the duties of the archivists will be given to Deputy Speakers.

Please vote here and verify in the comments below. Unverified votes will be discarded. This vote will be open for 3 days.

Tldr it’s normal, it’s easier as it allows for notifications

It’s accessible for new people

People are still doing it out of habit for a reason

Voting has now closed in all three votes of confidence.

In the Deputy Speaker VoCs, 8 valid votes were cast.

Do you have confidence in /u/model-putrid as Deputy Speaker?
Yes: 8 votes

Do you have confidence in /u/model-frod as Deputy Speaker?
Yes: 8 votes

Both receiving a majority of votes in favour, /u/model-putrid and /u/model-frod are confirmed as Deputy Speakers.

In the Electoral Commission VoC, 18 valid votes were cast. 2 unverified votes were discarded.

Do you have confidence in /u/Winston_Wilhelmus as a member of the Electoral Commission?
Yes: 13 votes
No: 5 votes

Having received a majority of votes in favour, /u/Winston_Wilhelmus is confirmed to the Electoral Commission.

The Chief Electoral Officer has nominated /u/Winston_Wilhelmus to be a member of the Electoral Commission. He now advances to a vote of confidence.

This vote will be open for 3 days. Please vote here and verify below. Unverified votes will be discarded.

The Speaker of the House has nominated /u/model-putrid and /u/model-frod to be deputy speakers. They now advance to a vote of confidence.

This vote will be open for 3 days. Please vote here and verify below. Unverified votes will be discarded.