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刈䬜㢨 劐㢨 䴀⮤㡰䞤 叿 㴤䐄㣀 ⷔ⮤㨰 匼⥳㪸㢼 㬐䵬 㡰南㢌 㡸䴜. ⷔ㡰吀 㙀㨓 㟫䊀 䏱 㽔⥴ 匄⪧㨰 㢨⪌ 㟤匋䯨䵬 䕘䬠 䴀⪧ 䏱 䴀⪧㨰䵬 䧰⪤ ⷔ?⮤? 㥐?㻠?剴?㢼? 㣼?⪌? 匼?⥳?㪸?㢼? 䌋?㝻?㴤?⽜?䵬? 卽?㢼? 匠?䟜?⪨?匠? 㡸?䵬? 古?㢈?㢼? 㣼?⪌? 㣠?⥘?⪤? 㪃?叼? 㝻?䚨?䚄? 㟤匋⪨匘 卽㢼 䧰䵬 匄㟫㨰 匀⪤ 㘸䓈㢌 㡸㢼 卽㢼 㥬劔䯤䴜 䏐㥌䴜. 䀰 㪼䴸䢄 㴤㍓㣀 㽔䡴䬜㢌 ㏃㞐䚄 㣼⪤ 䍫䚠 ㏃㞐 匄㟫㨰 䴀⪌ 䧰䵬 䖌䴌, 㨐劔 凐匀 䏱 䧰䵬 ⧼㙀 匋古䞠 䏱 ⾌䠃 䏐㥈㙀䰼 䕘䚌䴜 匍㨰 㢈⻐仉㢼 ⹋⪌㻤 䏱 䴜䚈 㷨䴘 㣠⥘⪠ 卽㢌 㙀㨓 䀰䘴 㪼䴸䢄 䍫䚠, 䍫䚠 㽔䓌㹴 䏱 䧰䵬 匼⥳㪸 㽔䡴㢌 㪃叼 㧘䢄㢈 㻠⼣剴㙀 䀰䘴 㪼䴸䢄 㣠⥘⪤ ⰷ吀 㣼㤰⥴ 䌋㝻㴤⽜䵬 卽㢼 䏬䢄䵬㙀 凐㞌⪨䵬 䍫䚠㢌 㪼㢌䫬㩌㧀 䆼劰⪨㨔 㨐劔䯠㙀䰼 䕘䚈䴜 䴜䚈 㴜㡔䓄㨰 䴀⪤ 古㢈凐䰼 ⪨?匠 匋㛯 ⧼㙀 㙀㨓 㣼ㆨ㨰 䓄㡰䚄 䓌䜴䞤 㟤匋⪠ 卽㢼 㥬劔䯠 卽㢌䴜. 㜄㟤㨰 凐㞌⪨䵬 䍫䚠㢌 㩌䩜 匼⥳㪸㢼㙀 ㏗㷨⪨凐 㟼㨰 㢌䐈 㩌䫬 㞌㡔⪨䵬㙀 卐㟫⪨凐 㣼⪨㨔 凐㞌⪨䵬 䍫䚠㢼 䏬倬 䍫䚠 㽔䓌㹴 䧰䵬 䴜䚈 古㢈 匋㟿 㞌㡔㨰 吀㴓㴤㧜 㢼 㼣叿⪨䖌, 刈䠔佨 ⪼㷨, 㽔䡴 䧰䵬 㽔䡴 ㉬㍤䯤䴜. 乮却 ㉬㍤䯨匠, 刈䠔佨 匄㟫㢼 䕘㢄 㻤䕻㢌 ㏗㷨⪨凐 㟼㨰 叿 劐 匼⥳㪸㢌 匼⥳㪸 厀 匄㟫㢼 ⹋⪌ 吀䰼䞣 㥬劔䯨㙀 㪶䵬䴜. 䕘䬠 㙀㨓匄 劓吀 匼⥳㪸㢼 㣼⪌ 㥬劔䯤䴜. (㏃㞐⪨㴓㴤㧜: 10/16/03 - 㷨㟫⪨䵬: 1/20/07)) |
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After an individual believes he has completed a county proposal he will need five cosponsors or one hundred signature petition on behalf of the proposal before the individual can submit the proposal to city hall and begin the general signature gathering process. Each individual may only submit or cosponsor one proposal to city hall or the Regional Governor's office. An individual may also modify a proposal submitted to city hall to present an alternate proposal, signatures, however, are not transferable. If changes are made to the proposal and the proposal is resubmitted to city hall all prior signatures gathered for the proposal will be void. All county proposals submitted through city hall and all regional and national proposals submitted through the regional governors office will go through the law review process unless the submitter of the proposal declines the option. Proposals submitted to city hall must be designated from the designers as one of three options: creation of new law, alteration of existing law or removal of existing law. Each proposal is also designated as having one of three levels: county law, national law or powers of authority, which may be regional or national. New law is a subject that has not yet been dealt with through the law in its present form, but still may also alter or remove existing law. An alteration to existing law is a law within a subject that already has the basis of existing law where the general purpose and formation of the law remains relatively consistent. Alterations to existing law require specific line and or word amendments and or deletions from locations within the present law or laws to be valid. Removal of existing law is when an existing law or the existing direction of that law or laws has been radically altered or voided entirely. Any and all options within the proposal review process may be declined, however, the benefits of that process will be declined as well. Once submitted and affirmed through five cosponsors the proposal will be submitted for online debate. Online members may e-mail the submitter with questions or potential issues within the proposal submitted. (Created: 12/29/06 – Revised: 1/18/07) |
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When submitting a proposal to city hall through cosponsorship each cosponsor and the sponsor will be required to meeting individually with a city attorney or law enforcement agent. The attorney is required to inform each cosponsor and the sponsor of their rights and duties for the creation of law process. If it is reported for the cosponsor or sponsor that sponsorship or cosponsorship did not come through voluntary or free will means the city attorney is required to out an investigation into the matter. When all separate meetings with the sponsor and cosponsors are complete the sponsor and cosponsors together before a judge will swear an oath, each placing their hand on the Bible, to uphold the integrity of the Democracy and the right of the people there of. The city judge or attorney may not be a relative of the sponsor or cosponsor. The Cosponsors must be responsible adults and may not be the parent, child, dependent or employee of the individual who submits the proposal. Cosponsors may remove their sponsorship from any given proposal, however, a new cosponsor will be needed before the proposal maybe moved forward, unless the proposal has already been placed on the ballot as a ballot initiative. A cosponsor that resigns his cosponsorship will not be able to provide sponsorship or cosponsorship for another proposal for four years from the date resignation, unless they submit a statement of decent against the proposal and allow themselves to be called in the Causa Enim Novo in opposition to the proposal if submitted. The cosponsor may resubmit to the same proposal without consequence provided no other sponsor or cosponsorship has been established. If a sponsor resends his name the proposal is rescinded. When rescinded by the sponsor the cosponsors may not sponsor or cosponsor another proposal from one years time. The sponsor may not sponsor or cosponsor any proposal for four years time. The sponsor and cosponsor of any proposals may only present a new proposal after the existing proposal is passed or rejected through the vote. |
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Upon submitting a proposal to City Hall, through the mail or in person, the individual who submitted the proposal will be provided with all the organizations who are licensed to review proposals. Each regional college and university which receives funds from the regional governor is required to provide a review board open to individuals who submit proposals. To proposals submitted as an alteration of existing law, the reviewers are required to receive copies of the existing law to be altered as well as the proposal submitted. For proposals designated as a removal of existing law a reasonable amount of the laws that will be affected through the proposal must also be submitted. The reviewers will been given up to three months to fully analyze the proposal submitted. Reviewers will be made up of college professors from the area of study most closely related to the proposal submitted or maybe hired on for the soul purpose of reviewing submitted proposals with the qualifications determined through the department of education for such positions. Reviewers under the public payroll will receive compensation for their efforts. The review board may also be available as a service of city government and or provided through private, religious or secular, organizations as determined through county or regional vote as structured through this constitution. If a reviewer has previously submitted and passed a proposal within the same subject matter he may endorse the proposal submitted as part of the review process. Endorsement of this type will lower the number of signatures required by 15%, provided the jury in the Causa Enim Novo agrees that the two proposals were related. Costs to the individual submitting for the review must be deemed reasonable, under the guidelines set up through regional vote for colleges and universities or county vote for other public services offered through county government, for those offered through government sponsored entities. The reviewers must be responsible adults and may not be the parent, child, dependent or employee of the individual or cosponsor who submits the proposal. The reviewers are expected to submit questions to the individual who submitted the proposal, which must come in a matter and time that will be in the interests of the individual who submitted the proposal. If this cannot be accomplished the reviewer may contact one of the proposals cosponsors. After the passage of three months the individual who submitted the proposal and the cosponsors will hear the opinions of the reviewers with a written printout of all the potential issues within the proposal submitted. Cosponsors not present will be sent the opinions through the mail or related technology of the age. From there the individual who submitted the proposal may have as long as he or she chooses to review and revise the legislation and may resubmit the proposal multiple times to correct issues from the review board. The cost to resubmit a proposal to the same review board will be less than the initial cost and more timely than the initial review depending on the quantity of the alterations made and the work load of the reviewers. The individual who submits the proposal is not required to use any of the recommendations given to him from the review board. Â Following the review the individual who submitted the review is required to fill out an evaluation and score each of the reviewers. Six months after the competition of the initial review board for the proposal the individual who submitted the proposal with the approval of his five cosponsors can submit to city hall for a "completion of thought" which will entitle him to a Causa Enim Novo. If one of the cosponsors will not submit the individual who submitted the proposal can seek out another cosponsor, however, the cosponsors disagreements will be noted for the trial and may be called to testify. (Created: 12/28/06 - Revised: 1/18/07) |
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The city district attorney will be responsible for assigning a prosecutor to investigate all aspects of the county proposal submitted. The prosecutor will be given access to all reviews done on the proposal as well as all materials submitted from the cosponsors who declined to give final approval. The prosecutor will be required the score the materials submitted as well as the review opinions made by the review board. The average scores, one from the individuals who submit proposals to the reviewers and the other from the prosecutors who use the reviewers notes for trial, for each review board will be available to general public both online as well as the available reviewer documentation given out through City Hall. The prosecutor may call the current writers of an law being challenged to take the stand against any proposal. Individuals taking the stand for the prosecution have the right to be compensated for their time in an amount specified through county vote for county court or regional vote for regional or national court. The individual who submitted the proposal has a right to seek trial in no less than three months time after submitting for a completion of thought, unless it is shown that the individual has intentionally mislead investigators or concealed vital information about the proposal. The costs for the trial will be covered under the city budget. Twelve jury members will be randomly selected from the same jury pool used for criminal and civil cases. Jurors must be randomly selected responsible adults from that city. The Judge, Prosecutor, and Jurors may not be the friend, relative, or employee of the individual or cosponsors who submitted the proposal. Jury is required to read over the proposal thoroughly. Accommodations will be made available for jury members who are blind, deaf, or need translation services. If the Judge feels that the proposal is unconstitutional, except for, amendments to democracy proposals, he can submit the proposal to a constitutional hearing. The hearing will consist of five judges. The prosecutor will make the case of unconstitutionality before them and the individual who submitted the bill will have the right to defend the proposal. If a majority of the judges believe the proposal is unconstitutional the proposal will be void. After the trial begins both the prosecutor and the individual submitting the proposal will submit their arguments to the jury, the prosecutor against the proposal and the individual submitting for the proposal. At the end of trial each jury member will cast their vote either for or against the proposal. Also the jury must establish whether the proposal submitted is: creation of new law, alteration of existing law or removal of existing law. The individual who submitted the proposal may also make alterations and resubmit the proposal to City Hall with ten cosponsors or a new petition of 200 signatures. If the individual decides to go through the review process a second time he may not be granted a "Completion of Thought" for one full year following the trial. After three trials alterations must be made and approved through the court of appeals before the proposal may be resubmitted for trial. (Created: 12/29/06 - Revised: 1/8/07) |
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If a majority of jurors vote that the proposal submitted represents an alteration to existing law than the total number of signature required will be reduced by 25%. For county proposals each vote from a juror in favor of the proposal submitted will decrease the signatures required by 1/20th of the signatures required by the county. If a tie or majority of jury members voted in favor of the proposal and the individual who submitted the proposal allowed for online debate the people of that county may submit their signature for the proposal through the online forum and through local city library and college library system located within that county. If a majority of jury members voted against the proposal, the proposal will be removed from online debate and will not be allowed online signature gathering, however, the number of signatures required to place the proposal on the ballot will still be reduced by the number of jury members who voted for the proposal. If a majority of jury members voted against the proposal, the proposal will be removed from online debate and will not be allowed online signature gathering, however, the number of signatures required to place the proposal on the ballot will still be reduced by the number of jury members who voted for the proposal. |
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If a tie or majority of jury members voted in favor of the proposal and this is the first city that has granted completion of thought the proposal will be granted access to the online National Proposals Guild. Amendments to Democracy proposals require a majority vote. |
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The national proposals guild is a part of the interactive democracy web site and is open to the general public, however, only national proposals that have not completed the steps required to begin the signature gathering process will be stored here. To begin the signature rather process the national proposal must have six completions of thought from no less than six different cities ratified by people of those cities. This may be done through three methods, union of national proposals, modifications of national proposals and representing the same national proposal in a different city or county each facilitated through the guild. When the same national proposal is cast in a city hall it will be logged in a national database online so that people will know the status of each case. Also when the same proposal is cast for city hall the review process must come from a different source than previously used for the national proposal. A union of proposals is when two unique national proposals become one. Modifications of proposals is when the same proposal is submitted in a different city, but has been modified from its original version. Unions and modifications require approval from both sponsors of the proposals before they may be seen as one bill. Those people submitting the same bill may not stop a proposal from being altered, but may remove support from a proposal if modification is made. Each proposal through the Guild must be listed as either National Proposals, Powers of Authority Proposal or Amendment to Democracy proposal. When six completion's of thought are obtained and the individual who submitted the proposal allowed for online debate the people of that nation may submit their signature for the proposal through the online forum and through the college library system located within that county. |
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To accomplish this any individual or individuals who wish to place a proposal or proposals on the ballot must receive a percentage of signatures from other persons in that county. Signatures must be retrieved on a voluntary basis through voluntary means. Until such a time that the percentage or number of signatures required to place a proposal on the ballot as well as how soon those signatures must be turned in is determined by county vote the county council will be responsible for determining the dates, times and the appropriate number of signatures for the next election cycle. The county council may not alter this decision in the current election cycle, with the exception of the first election cycle of the democracy. The percentage used and the time frame by which these signatures may be turned in may not be determined by either regional or national vote. In order that democracy is preserved if there are fewer than five proposals on the ballot in any given election cycle, not including regional or national proposals, the county will put in additional proposals in the order of most signatures collected until five local proposals are on the ballot. This will include proposals submitted during previous election cycles in that county that failed to achieve the needed amount of signatures to place that proposal on the ballot. In the event the number of signatures is equal the most current of submitted proposals for past election cycles and the oldest submission during the current election cycle will have the right to be placed on the ballot. Therefore the first proposals submitted after the deadline will be considered the first in line of the next election cycle. Signatures and attempted proposals do not expire until after the proposal has been voted on. Signatures may only be removed by the voluntarily consent of the signer. Proof of identity must be established before such an act is successful. The penalties for signature and voter fraud may be established by National Mandate, however, county vote for such penalties will super cede such laws. If a person achieves these requirements, the proposal will be placed on the ballot of that county for an election. The county will pay all costs to put a proposal on the ballot. To pass the proposal must receive a majority vote from the citizens in that county as well as at least 2/5 majority vote from all cities, towns and villages in the county. If that county passes the proposal it will then be sent to the Regional Court. The Regional Court may do one of three things: |
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(1) The proposal will be pronounced unconstitutional from the guidelines written in (The Regional and National Courts). The proposal does not become law. This doesn't stop persons from that county or from any other county from putting it back on the ballot on a later date. |
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(2) The proposal will pass and the Regional Court has ruled that the ballot measure does not does not conflict with the words written in this constitution for county law, but may not be used as a national mandate. It will then be law in that county. If this happens any other citizen from any other county may put the proposal on the ballot with just twenty percent of the signatures needed. |
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(3) The proposal will pass and the Regional Court has ruled that the ballot measure does not does not conflict with the words written in this constitution for county law and may be given a national mandate provision. |
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The Mayor of any town may hold a town hall meeting on any regional or national proposal that has begun the signature gathering process. Such meetings much be open to the public and allow both pro and con sides of any county, regional or national proposal to speak. The public will have the right to submit their signature after proof of ID has been established to the proposal being submitted. After hearing the discussion the mayor will publicly cast or with hold his signature from the proposal submitted. In addition to the other signatures gathered the mayors signature is worth 100 signatures for local county proposals and a thousand signatures for national proposals. Each signature from a Regional Ambassador for a national proposal is worth fifteen thousand signatures. The signatures must be turned in at least one year prior to the election to be considered valid. Signatures do not expire until after a proposal has been placed on the ballot, therefore those proposals that did not receive sufficient signatures to place the proposal on the ballot they may be carried over and added to until enough signatures are gathered. National proposals may not be signed by any regional governor or placed on the ballot until they have obtained at least hundred thousand signatures from a combination of a minimum of ten counties. After this has been obtained all proposals except for Amendment to Democracy proposals will be tried before the Regional Court to verify its constitutionality. Amendments to Democracy will be tried before a jury of law makers. Regional proposals that have become law will be available to the other regions as a regional proposal for people in those regions to sign for. Regional proposals of this nature will start with a million signatures. All regional and national proposals placed on the ballot will be entitled to at least one public debate. The cosponsors and sponsors of the proposal will vote among themselves as for their representative in the debate. The opposing argument chosen by the person or entity who has provided the most funding in opposition to the proposal. |
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Any modification to a national proposal that has made it past the national proposals guild, but still has less than a hundred thousand endorsed signatures will require the proposal to go through the review process as well as the trial of Causa Enim Novo from any of the five original cities where the trials were held. A tie or majority vote from the jury will be required to accept the modifications made. Amendments to Democracy proposals will require a majority vote. The existing signers will be given e-mail or related technology notification so that they may remove their support if they choose to do so. After a hundred thousand signatures have been granted approval from modifications made must be done through the Regional Courts to verify the constitutionality of the state of the proposal after the modification, except for amendments to democracy which must go through the trial of law makers. No proposal may be modified after it has been endorsed by the governor as a national mandate or placed on the ballot. |
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Any union of two or more national proposals will require approval from at least four of the five cosponsors, plus the original sponsors from all uniting proposals. The Union of proposals will take on the date of the most recent proposal for considering proposal expiration, unless the two proposals are identical, in which case the proposal with the oldest date will be taken for purposes of proposal expiration. When merging two national proposals where one proposal has gathered more than twice the amount of signatures as the other, the cosponsors of the proposal with the most signatures may required all but the original sponsor to remove their sponsorship as a requirement for acceptance. Cosponsors who are removed may not cosponsor or sponsor further proposals until either the national proposal has been placed on the ballot or after the passage of three years. Amendments to Democracy proposal may only merger with another amendment to democracy proposal. Proposals with less than a hundred thousand endorsed signatures will require the proposal to go through the review process as well as the trial of Causa Enim Novo from any of the original cities where the trials were held. A tie or majority vote from the jury, majority votes for amendments to democracy proposals, will be required to accept the modifications made. Proposals with less than a hundred thousand signatures joining with a national proposal of greater than a hundred thousand signatures will have to go through the same process. Amendments to Democracy require greater than a million signatures. The union of two or more proposals with a hundred thousand signatures or more will require the approval of the Regional Courts to verify the constitutionality of the state of the proposal after the union. Amendments to democracy proposals with a million signatures or more will require a trial of lawmakers. The existing signers of all union national proposals will be given e-mail or related technology notification so that they may remove their support if they choose to do so. For people or public officials that signed both national proposals prior to the union the value of their signature will not be doubled. No proposal may be union with another proposal after it has been endorsed by the governor as a national mandate or placed on the ballot. Unions between national proposals and between Guild proposals and national proposals, when the merging proposals represent a Union of unique proposals as determined by the jury of the merge, will receive ten signature for each jury vote in favor of the merging proposal with the least amount of signatures. Five signatures will be added to each jury vote in favor of the proposal county Causa Enim Novo trial where the merging national or regional proposal with the with the most signatures has not had a Causa Enim Novo from that county and an addition ten signatures per jury vote in regions where the Causa Enim Novo has had no trial in that region. If a national proposals may offer mergers on the basis of non-binding sponsorship. Non-binding sponsorship means that the cosponsors will loose their cosponsorship of the national proposal. Cosponsorships who disagree with the merger and submit a letter of disagreement to the regional courts and city hall may cosponsor another proposal after one year. They must vote against the merger in order to claim this. If disagreement is not filed the cosponsors may not cosponsor any proposal for five years, unless the proposal is placed on the ballot or the non-binder sponsor submitted letters of retraction. If the sponsor of the proposal agrees to non-binding sponsorship so that he may merge with another national proposal he may not cast votes for modifications or unions of other national proposals. If the language of the modification or union of another proposal alters or nullifies the proposal of the non-binding, the non-binding sponsor has the right to seek retraction of signatures gained from the non-binding merger. After retraction of signatures if the sponsor can gather twenty five cosponsors through the guild or through other means the sponsor may retain the proposal as a national proposal with the same number of signatures as that prior to the merger, else the proposal will become void after one years time. After the original proposal becomes void the cosponsors and the sponsors of the voided proposal may not sponsor or cosponsor any other proposal for one years time. |
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To achieve a national mandate provision it must be signed by the regional governor. Each governor may only sign one national proposal per term or two county laws with provisions available. Where with a majority national vote as well as a majority vote in at least 3/7s of all counties it will become law of the land. |
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A national mandate maybe overturned within the borders of any given county if: In that particular county a majority voted against the mandate, the mandate is not a national project and the County Council unanimously agrees to strike the mandate down. After the passing of those events the County Council must then meet with the governor of their region for a compromise bill. The governor shall carry the weight of 50% of the vote. 3/5-majority vote is needed for approval. If approved the law of compromise must be accepted by the president. If accepted the law of compromise will be sent to the Regional Court where a special session will be held to see if the law is constitutional as well as a true compromise and not new legislation. If the president vetoes the law of compromise then he or she must meet the county or group of counties to work out a new law of compromise before being sent to the Regional Court. Then the law will be presented on the annual ballet where a majority vote from all counties involved is required. |
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National Proposals and Regional Proposals designated as powers of authority may not be endorsed as a national mandate from the regional governor. National and Regional Powers of Authority proposals if passed may not be overturned through National Mandates. National Powers of Authority are limited to proposals that limits the powers of the UN Ambassador, the President, Foreign Bureaus of Investigation and Inspectors from the democracy. Regional Proposals are limited to the Regional Governor and Regional Ambassador. For Regional Powers of Authority Proposals affecting Regional Ambassador may only be placed on the ballot if over 60% of the mayors in that region approve, which the Regional Ambassador for that region may stop with a veto. A 75% vote of support from the mayors of that region may over ride the veto. National Powers of Authority may also limit which types of proposal may be allowed a national mandate provision. The national powers and regional of authority proposal with the most signatures will be allowed on the ballot during the general election every four years, rotating between them every two years, nation during the foreign public election and regional during the domestic public election. |
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Amendments to Democracy proposals may alter any and all aspects of the democracy. Ballot initiatives only take place each Semi-Centennial and 20 year election may not be endorsed as a national mandate from the regional governor. Amendments to the Democracy if passed hold supremacy over all laws and may only be overturned or modified through another Amendment to the Democracy. Passage requires a majority vote in each county in the nation for the first fifty years after ratification of this constitution. Each Semi-Centennial will drop the number of counties by five percentage points, ie: 95%, 90%, etc., until all that is required is a fifty percent majority vote as well as at least fifty percent of all counties. |
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The Trial of Law makers functions in the same manor and layout of the Causa Enim Novo with the following exceptions: Trial of Law makers will take place through the regional courts in the region where the first Causa Enim Novo was held for the proposal. The Regional Bureau of Investigation will be responsible for prosecuting the case. The jury will be randomly selected from the people of that region who were the sponsors of county ballot propositions that passed with a majority vote. Only proposals with a majority majority vote of approval from the jury, rather than a tie, will pass the trial of law makers. Trial of Law makers do not submit a completion of thought or reduce signatures required for ballot initiatives. |
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The National Council is required to set up an Internet site, and/or best technology of the time, which contains all submitted proposals that have not been voted down by the voters, seen as unconstitutional by the Regional Courts, or time limitations expired through the guidelines of this document. This includes national, regional, and county and city measures with access to see their entire text. The text should incorporate amendments to the original law in a different color text or through other measures so that viewers may easily see the alterations made. Text that was removed from the existing law should also be present as well as possible links as to what the reasoning was behind the removal of such text from any given law. The web site should also contain a question and answer location where individuals can read and understand how the system functions and ask questions if needed. All citizens provided they have not been shown to abused the system and their identity can be clearly established, have the right to add or remove or dispute their signature from any proposal in their nation, region, county or city. Two typing of signature options are granted: "I approve this measure for ballot initiative" and "I support and cast my vote for this proposal". The user has a right to see all the locations he as submitted as well as to receive notification each time his signature approval is added so that authenticity may be verified. If alterations are passed on an existing law an automatic notification will be sent out to all people who submitted their signature to that law for a proposal within their county. From the notification they will be able to read and or have a link to the alterations made as well as be able to resubmit their signature to the new law for a proposal within their county. Support for the website will be provided as specified through national vote. Support will be free to the general public 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Support communication will be monitored and recorded as determined by national law. Heavy penalties will be initiated against any support employee who by means of his office manipulates the system. Also determined by national law. Individuals that have been found to submit signatures fraudulently will loose their first citizenship status for life as well as face felony charges as outlined by the law of the land. The user may look at ballot initiatives that have passed in other counties and submit a signature their signature of approval to have that initiative placed on the ballot in the users location of residence. If different residences from the same county submit their signature for the same ballot initiative, even though the ballot initiative may have come from two different counties it will count as a cumulative number of signatures for that initiative in that county. Users may also give their opinions of the initiative before and after passage in a chat room forum or equivalent technology of the day. The users may also hear or read arguments both in favor and/or against each proposal on the ballot as well as county measures from other counties that have already passed, but have not passed in their county. Those submitting proposal(s) for signature approval may include as E-mail or other form of contact media for questions or recommendations from the general public. They may limit this access to first class citizens if they elect to do so. The user is not limited to how many proposals and/or outside propositions he may place his signature on. The final vote, however, will be limited to the ways and means as set up through county vote. Days of the actual voting are limited to the days and times as set forward through this document, however, if a county can gather signatures, of the type, "I support and cast my vote for this proposal", from more than 51% of the county population, from a law that has already passed in other counties or another county, the county is required to send out letters to authenticate the signatures given, where by, all individuals that gave their signature object if they believe their signature was given through illegitimate means. If after two months the law still has over a 51% majority law of the land. The same will be true for Regional and National Proposals, however, Regional and National Proposals must receive approval from the Regional Court before it may become law. The web site should also show the tax rate and budgets proposed by the candidates running for office as well as the present budget and tax rate for the existing elected officials as well as their past budget and tax rate proposed and achieved from previous terms in office. The site or equivalent media should also show the budget surpluses and formulas for the individual cities and counties as well as for the regional government, national and international government structure related to the Democracy. The site should also show the submitted Inspectorial standards and all town hall meetings for each individual city, including when and where as well as directions. The web site should allow a search option to search for laws by category, type or geographic location. The web site be continuously struggling to improve the ease and use and functionality available to the general public. Comments and issues with the site or equivalent media of the day will be available to the general public and should be accommodated as seems reasonable and prudent to the development team. Each law will be available to read in its entirety from the site. County specs are also important along with total number of signatures per proposition and if the proposition has been attempted in our counties to know where it passed and where it failed. Numerous chat rooms should be made available to discuss issues and laws of the day. - (Created 11/14/06 - Revised 1/19/07) |
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through their admittance to the International Commissions. Candidates shall include ½ of all International Commissions Candidates from the Democracy as well as the election of National Ambassador on the basis of Primary and General election specified. The primary election will also contain two national mandates, each one from a different governor. The general election will contain three national mandates, one from three different governors. |
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On years ending in 00, 20, 40, 60 and 80 the nation will have an even year primary and general election. During the primary the ballot will contain the historical five national mandate proposals and three power of authority proposals with the most signatures that never made it on the ballot. The general election will contain the amendment to democracy proposal with the most signatures. Historical national mandate proposals and power of authority proposals in waiting for a vote greater than 5 years that do not make it on this ballot will be dissolved. An attempt may be made again for any national proposal, however the gathering signatures will have to begin again. The primary ballot will also contain two local proposals that did not make enough signatures to get on the ballot. The cut off date will be six months to the day prior to the election. |
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The Semi-Centennial Election will take place every 50 years on the day of the enactment of the Democracy. The ballot will contain the three approved amendments to democracy with the greatest number of signatures as well as two questions. The first question on the ballot will be, "Do you approve of the constitution as it is or would you like to open it to change it through popular vote?"(Approve or Change) Question two is a party line vote and can only be answered if the answer for question one is approve. Question two is "Is the constitution being enforced?" (Yes or No) If the answer for Question 1 is Change and the answer is greater than 50% than the response for the second question is void. Every mayor must submit his response publicly for those two questions. An explanation of their answer may also be attached to the vote. On the day of the Centennial each Governor will be required to give their answers with a speech on that day. The last speech of the day will be from the President. If the existing constitution for the democracy is approved all amendment to democracy proposals older than the day of the last 20 year election will be dissolved and the fireworks may begin. |
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Two years will be allowed for the development constitutional proposals during which no signatures may be gathered unless the constitution proposed is completed prior to the vote to change the existing constitution. The third-year will be available for signature gathering. Citizens may sign as many constitutional proposals as they wish. The Constitutional Primary will take place during the fourth year. The five constitutions with the greatest number of signatures will be placed on the ballot along with the present constitution. The citizens will be allowed to vote for first choice, second choice and third choice. Citizens may also just vote for first and second choice or just first choice. First choice will be given a wait of five, second choice will be given a wait of two and third choice will be given a wait of one. The fifth year will be the general constitutional election where the two constitutional proposals with the most votes will run off against each other. The vote will decide the new law of the land. |
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If the second question among those that were able to answer it did not maintain a 2/3s vote of confidence than the following actions will be taken into effect. Two months after the vote all Mayors and Governors in counties and / or regions with a confidence below 2/3 rd will schedule a town hall meeting to hear the points of contention. Following this the mayors and governors who voted no will meet with other mayors and governors in their political party that also voted no. Each party should agree on five different letters of complaint. E ach letter of complaint will have an agreed spokes man. Six months following the town hall meetings all the political parties will meet in individual conventions each one a week apart from the next. The only speakers that will be allowed to speak are the mayors and or governors that voted no. The convention will decide which of the individual complaints has the most merit. In the next National Primary or General election that is no less than six months away the five parties with the great number of no confidence votes in the semi-centennial election will submit their complaints for national vote. The nation will decide through national vote which complaint has the most merit. The elected spokesman for the victor will be allowed to hand select and replace 10% of all the Regional and National Court Judges. No fewer than 12. |
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Citizens may vote for proposals in the county they work as well as the county they live. Citizens that live in a city, but do not work there will vote for the mayoral candidates running for office with the property tax percentage for each homeowner next to his name. Citizens who work, but do not live in a city will be aloud to vote for a mayor withincome tax percentage next to his name. Citizens who work and live in the same city will be aloud to the vote for the mayor with the property tax and income tax next to his name. Work is defined by the independent class selection selected and will be limited to one working city as defined by that citizen's last registration. Work for a college student for example would be defined as the city where he or she attends college where as a Pastor would be in the city of his church. Dependent citizens over the age of eighteen who are dependent class due to their employment may vote in the county and city they live if the unemployment rate reaches over 25% in which case their vote will be given full value. Vagrants have the right to register an address at city hall so that there right to vote will not be infringed. Biometrics methods and/or legal picture identification through a national database must be used to verify the identity of every voter as well as verify that they only voted once. This will also allow the voter to vote from any voting location they desire within the national borders. Individuals that have been issued a warrant for an arrest and have failed to turn themselves in for a time greater than 15 days will not have their vote counted. Police and law enforcement bodies have the right to immediate notification and arrest of these individuals. Independent and Dependent Class Citizens on trial, but not yet convicted of a crime will be entitled vote and have their vote counted. Every ballot should have between eight and ten proposals, including those for national election. If there are any more the County Council should discuss raising the number of signatures required for the following year. However if there are any less then less signatures are needed. This includes proposals on the ballet from other counties. |
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