Standing Orders of the Magisterium
SECTION I. ADMITTANCE OF NEW MAGISTERS
…1.1. A Citizen wishing to join the Magisterium (“applicant” hereinafter) shall :
…1.1.1. Recite the Magister’s Pledge in the appropriate designated locationthread in the Magisterium sub-forum.
…1.1.2. Supply the name of their resident NCitizenship nation and, if applicable, their World Assembly (“WA”) nation. If an applicant is on a military operation, only the resident NCitizenship nation and the involved military must be supplied.
…1.1.3. If applicable, endorse the Delegate and all Viziers.
…1.1.4. Complete an official Public Disclosure Form.
…1.2. The Provost shall verify whether all conditions described in Section 1.1. of these Standing Orders have been met.
…1.2.1. If the applicant has their WA nation in The East Pacific (“TEP”), or is confirmed by the Overseeing Officer of the Eastern Pacific Sovereign Army (“EPSA”) to be a member of the Eastern Pacific Sovereign ArmyEPSA and meets the conditions outlined in 1.1, the Provost shall admit the applicant to the Magisterium.
…1.2.23. If the applicant does not meet one of the conditions outlined in section 1.2.1but meets the conditions outlined in the subsections of 1.1, Tthe Magisterium shall, by majority vote, decide whether the applicant will be accepted.
…1.34. The Provost may deny applications of applicants convicted of any crime and applicants who have committed subversive acts, in The East PacificTEP or abroad.
…1.4. Applicants who are denied acceptance may appeal the Provost’s decision to the Conclave.
…1.5. The contents of the petition will be reviewed by the Conclave and if valid, the Conclave will instruct the Provost to admit the applicant to the Magisterium.
SECTION II. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
…2.1. The Magisterium may exercise legislative action through threefour different kinds of bills:
…2.1.1. A “Legislative Proposal,” (also, “Proposal”) defined as a bill that, upon enactment, shall form part of the binding body of law of the East PacificTEP or an amendment thereof.
…2.1.2. A “Resolution,” defined as a bill outlining the non-binding opinion of the Magisterium.
…2.1.3. A “Proposed Amendment to the Concordat,” (also, “Amendment”) defined as a bill that, upon enactmentpassing a Magisterial vote, shall be placed before the Registered Vvoters of The East Pacific in referendum to amend the Concordat, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Concordat.
…2.1.4. A “Standing Orders Amendment,” defined as a bill that will amend the Standing Orders of the Magisterium.
…2.2. Any Citizen may start a debate on regarding any such bill or any other topic, in which said Citizen may or introduce a Legislative Proposal, Resolution, or Proposed Amendment to the Concordat (hereinafter “Bill”). Only Magisters may start a debate on or propose a Standing Orders Amendment.
…2.3. The Citizen or Magister that introduced a Bill or Standing Orders Amendment shall be its sponsor. They may amend the Bill at any time during the debate, and designate other Citizens as sponsors.
…2.4. Any sponsor may motion the Bill or Standing Orders Amendment to vote at any time during debate. A Magister who is not one of the bill’sa sponsors must second that motion. The Provost shall be deemed sponsor if the sponsor(s) are absent as outlined in 4.8, or inactive longer than 21 days within the Bill’s thread.
…2.5. The same procedure governing periods of debate as outlined in sections 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4 shall be used for a nomination by the position of the Delegate, the ratification of a treaty, or any other motion which may not be presented to the Magisterium in the form of a Bill.
…2.5. Nominations by the Delegate, ratifications of a treaty, or any other motion which is not a Bill or a Standing Orders Amendment shall follow the same procedure as a Bill.
…2.6. Should a passed bBill that has passed the Magisterium vote be vetoed by the Delegate, it will be returned immediately to debate for a prescribed minimum of 72-hour discussion period 3 days before one of the bBill’s original sponsors may decide to move it to an override vote. It must then be seconded by a Magister who is not one of the bBill’s sponsors before it can be returned to vote in accordance with Section IV, clauses 4.1 through 4.3.2 of the SOM.
SECTION III. PROVOST AND DEPUTY PROVOST
…3.1. The Magisterium shall appoint a Provost from among its members.
…3.1.1. An election shall be held when the position is vacant or before the end of the Provost’s three-month term (on the last days of March 30th, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st), organized by the previous Provost, a Deputy Provost, or a representative thereof.
…3.2. A 96-hour4 day period for nominations is to be held.
…3.2.1. Any Magister may be nominated by another Magister.
…3.2.2. A Magister may nominate themselves. Another Magister must second that nomination before it is official.
…3.2.3. If a Magister was not self-Nnominated, Magistersthey must explicitly accept their nominations if they didn’t self nominate, within the 96 hour nomination period for it to be official.
…3.2.4. Only oOfficially nominated candidates may create a campaign thread that shall contain all campaigning for that Magister.
…3.2.5. Any citizen may ask a candidate questions of candidates within eachwithin the candidate’s respective campaign thread.
…3.3. If there are no valid candidates, another 96-hour4 day period for nominations shall be held and the incumbent Provost will remain in office until a new Provost is elected.
…3.3.1. Upon election of a Provost, all campaign threads relating to the previous election must be locked.
…3.4. After nominations, the Magisterium shall vote for a period of 72 hours3 days. The candidate receiving the most votes shall be elected as Provost.
…3.4.1. If more than two valid candidates have accepted a nomination, Provost elections shall be conducted using Instant Runoff Voting.
…3.4.2. Should the election result in a tie and no candidate concedes, a new 72-hour3 day vote shall be held.
…3.4.3. If a tie persists, the vote shall be opened to all Citizens for a period of 72 hours3 days.
…3.5. The Provost shall appoint up to four (4) Magisters as Deputy Provost, who can conduct the Provosts’ duties upon the request of the Provost.
…3.5.1. Deputy Provosts shall serve at the pleasure of the Provost, or until a new Provost is elected.
SECTION IV. VOTING
…4.1. When a motion to vote has been seconded in accordance with subsection 2.4, the Provost shall then immediately officiate a voting period of 168 hours (seven days) on the proposal.
…4.2. Voting is conducted as per the following procedure:
…4.2.1 Magisters shall submit a vote via poll or a reply if they are unable to vote via poll in the designated voting thread;.
…4.2.2 Should a Magister be unable to submit the poll, they may submit a vote in the designated voting thread as a reply.
…4.2.32 Should a Magister submit a vote via both poll and reply, only the poll vote will be considered.
…4.3. A vote will be concluded when:
…4.3.1. The prescribed voting period ends, or;
…4.3.2. The Provost concludes the voting period, given that all eligible Magisters have voted.
…4.4. A motion shall pass if:
…4.4.1. Greater than 50% of the votes not including Present or Abstain are in favour of it; and
…4.4.2. The quorum number of 50% or more of eligible Magisterium voters has been met.
…4.4.3. This order is notwithstanding any special requirements set out by the Concordat for certain types of votes, and in the case of extended requirement, the quorum shall always be achieved.
…4.5. When a Bill has passed, the Provost or Deputy Provost shall then:
…4.5.1. Notify the Delegate in the appropriate thread if it is an Act or amendment of such.
…4.5.2. Notify the Conclave in the appropriate thread if it is a Concordat amendment.
…4.5.3. Close the voting thread with a written post detailing each Magister’s vote. Such post shall include, when possible, an image of the final poll results.
…4.6. Upon signature of the Delegate, or after 10 days of passage as defined in the Concordat, the Provost shall implement said Act as a thread within “Laws of the East Pacific” (herein “the Laws”).
…4.6.1. Any amendments shall be logged in the appropriate thread within the Laws.
…4.6.2. A rewrite of an Act shall replace the Act within the Laws, with said previous Act, as well as any repeals, being moved to “Repealed Laws”.
…4.7. Any Magister that was approved during any voting period shall not have their vote counted for that particular voting period.
…4.8. Any Magister removed or resigned from office or on an official Leave of Absence during any voting period shall not have their vote counted for that particular voting period.
…4.9. Threads that have been voted on, tabled, or abandoned for over 60 days, shall be locked.
…4.9.1. The (Deputy) Provost shall be responsible to lock said threads.
…4.9.2. A thread locked as a result of tabling or abandonment can be unlocked by the (Deputy) Provost upon a reasoned request by any Magister
…4.10. A voting record from each Magisterium shall be publicly available in a forum thread.
SECTION V. QUORUM
…5.1. In order for any vote to of the Magisterium’s powers, a quorum must be shown to exist. If the quorum is not achieved, the vote is considered ineffective and may not be acted upon.
…5.2. To achieve quorum, at least 1/2 of eligible Magisters must have made their presence known during a vote, by providing their vote or abstention.
…5.2.1. Quorum does not account for any suspended Magisters at the time of the vote’s closing.
SECTION VI. CLOSED SESSIONS
…5.1. A Magister may motion a matter to be considered in a closed session. If the motion is seconded and a majority of votes on the motion are in favor, the matter will be considered in a closed session.
…6.1. A Magister may move that a matter be considered in closed session, and if the motion is seconded and a majority of votes are in favour of doing so, the Magisterium shall consider that matter in closed session.
…6.5.2. The Foreign Policy Committee is established as a committee of the whole Magisterium and it shall meet in closed session.
…5.2. The Foreign Policy Committee is established as a meeting of the Magisterium to discuss matters of treaty and war, and it shall meet in closed session.
…65.2.1. The Foreign Policy Committee will be chaired by the Provost.
…65.2.2. The Delegate and any minister(s) they designate will be ex officio members of the committee without voting privileges.
…65.2.3. The Delegate or the Provost may initiate a meeting of the committee to discuss treaty negotiations or declarations of war without a vote as outlined in Section 6.1.
……65.2.4. The Provost shall publicly announce the opening and closure of each such meeting, including the general subject of the meeting.
…65.2.5. The Magisterium may not ratify a treaty or declaration of war in a closed session of the committee.
SECTION VII. RESIGNATION, ABSENCE OR REMOVAL OF PROVOSTS
…76.1. If the Provost resigns, is removed, or has been absent for a period exceeding 72 hours3 days without official Leave Of Absence (LOA), then:
…76.1.1. The longest serving Deputy shall temporarily assume the Provost’s duties pro tempore and hold a special Provost election until another is elected.
…76.1.2. If no eligible Deputy exists then the longest serving Magister shall temporarily assume the Provost’s duties.
…76.2. Any Magister may motion for the removal of the Provost by majority vote. If a Magister seconds the motion: the Provost shall be immediately suspended and can no longer exercise any of the Provosts’ duties.
…76.2.1. A Deputy Provost or a representative thereof (where there are no eligible Deputy Provosts) shall temporarily assume the Provost’s duties pro tempore and officiate a vote to remove the Provost for a period of 72 hours. If the removal vote passes then a sSpecial Provost eElection shall immediately follow.
…76.2.2. If the vote to remove the Provost fails, the Provost is removed from suspension unsuspended. Both the Magister who proposed and seconded the suspension cannot re-motion for the remainder of the Magisterial term.
…76.3. Special Provost Elections follow the same nomination, campaigning, and election procedures as Provost Elections, as written in Section III of these Standing Orders.
……76.3.1. If any Special Provost Elections begin less than a month before Provost Elections, then the Provost Elections will be called off, and the Provost will serve the next full term in addition to the remainder of their predecessor’s term.
SECTION VIII. REMOVAL OF MAGISTERS
…87.1. The Provost may hold a roll call and require that Magisters respond within 1 week, or 168 hours, to confirm their activity:
…87.1.1. Any Magister not responding to such a roll call can be suspended by the Provost, Deputy Provost, or removed by a majority vote of the responding Magisters.
…87.1.2. Any Magister who has informed the Magisterium of their absence shall be exempt to this rule, as long as the roll call is within the time frame of inactivity as stated by the Magister.
…87.2. A Magister may be suspended by the Provost, and removed by a majority vote if:
…87.2.1. tThe Magister has not logged into the forums for more than two weeks and has not informed the Magisterium of said absence,; or;
…87.2.2. tThe Magister has not voted or confirmed attendance in at least two successive votes initiated at least seven days apart from each other.; or
…87.2.3-. tThe Magister was accepted under Section 1.2.1 of these Orders but currently has their WA nation outside of TEP, unless they are a verified EPSA soldier and/or following EPSA orders.
…87.3. Any suspended Magister may be unsuspended by informing the Magisterium of the reason for their inactivity, and voting in any legislative proposal. If said Magister was suspended per 87.2.3., they must also return their WA nation to TEP and inform the Magisterium of the reason forwhy their WA nation having beenwas moved outside TEP.
…87.4. A Magister will be removed automatically, which shall be publishedannounced by the Provost, if:
…87.4.1. tThe Magister is found to have supplied falsified information in their Magister’s Pledge or official Public Disclosure Form.; or
…87.4.2. tThe Magister has no resident TEP nation.
…87.5. A Magister may resign at any time.
SECTION IX. AMENDMENTS
…10.1. The Standing Orders shall be amended by a majority vote of Magisters, following the same procedure as a Bill.
…10.2. Amendments to the Standing Orders may only be proposed by Magisters.
