[A-2025-47] Amendment to the Endorsement Caps Act

Ladona · October 22, 2025, 4:30am

Deputy Provost @Lucklife has moved to amend the Endorsement Caps Act. This was motioned to vote by @Lucklife on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 2:43 AM and seconded by Magister @Zukchiva on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 2:50 AM.

The details of the proposal are:

SECTION I. CITATION

This act shall be known and cited as the “Endorsement Caps Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this act, the following terms are defined as:
…1. The Endorsement Cap — “a cap on the number of endorsements that a resident nation may have that is set by the Viziers and confirmed by the Magisterium.”
…2. Unendorsement Campaign — “the in-game action of reducing a nation’s endorsements using actions including, but not limited to, telegrams, dispatches, private messages, and general off-site announcements.”
…3. Compliance Officer — “the Delegate and any member of the Eastern Pacific Police Service.”

SECTION III. ENDORSEMENT CAPS

The Viziers may, following a confirmatory vote of the Praesidium, propose to the Magisterium the Endorsement Cap. This proposal shall be confirmed via a normal majority vote by the Magisterium.

The Endorsement Cap may not exceed the number of current Delegate Endorsements for any reason.

The current Endorsement Cap for all nations in The East Pacific is 250 endorsements.

The Delegate must display the current numerical value of the Endorsement Cap on the Region’s World Factbook Entry.

The Delegate and the Viziers are not subject to the Endorsement Cap.

An individual whose term as Delegate has elapsed and is still occupying the in-game Delegacy shall be exempt from the Endorsement Cap until the current Delegate or a Vizier takes the position.
…1. The Praesidium may nullify this exemption prior to its natural expiry if:
a) the individual, while not having voluntarily resigned from being Delegate, has been lawfully removed from the Delegacy before their term ended; or
b) if the individual refuses to cooperate with the Praesidium in handing the in-game Delegacy over to the Delegate or Praesidium.

SECTION IV. VIOLATIONS OF ENDORSEMENT CAPS

Any nation who violates the Endorsement Cap shall be notified of their violation by a Compliance Officer via telegram at least a day before any action is taken.
…1. If an emergency situation exists in which Viziers believe the Delegacy is in danger, the Viziers may waive any response time and provide an explanation to the Conclave as to why.

Any nation that remains in violation of the Endorsement Cap despite having received the proper notice as defined in 4.1 shall be subject to an unendorsement campaign, ejection, OR banishment at the discretion of Compliance Officers.

Any Resident found to have purposefully violated the Endorsement Cap on three separate occasions within the span of one year shall have committed an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of permanent banishment.

The Viziers may suspend punishment for violations of this Act if the offending nation promptly takes appropriate actions to once again comply with the Endorsement Cap.

Marked Up Edits

SECTION I. CITATION

This act shall be known and cited as the “Endorsement Caps Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this act, the following terms are defined as:
…1. Qualified The Endorsement Cap — “a cap on the number of endorsements that a resident nation may have with a qualifier to be subjected to it, that is set by the Viziers and confirmed by the Magisterium.”

…2. Endorsement Cap Violator — “a nation that has more endorsements than the cap set for that particular nation”

…23. Unendorsement Campaign — “the in-game action of reducing a nation’s endorsements using actions including, but not limited to, telegrams, dispatches, private messages, and general off-site announcements.”
…34. Compliance Officer — “the Delegate and any member of the Eastern Pacific Police Service.”
…5. Corrected — “a nation that has been brought below their Qualified the Endorsement Cap through the action(s) of Compliance Officers.”

SECTION III. ENDORSEMENT CAPS

The Viziers may, following a confirmatory vote of the Praesidium, propose to the Magisterium any number of Qualified the Endorsement Caps. These This proposals shall be confirmed via a normal majority vote by the Magisterium.

No Qualified The Endorsement Cap may not exceed the number of current Delegate Endorsements for any reason.

The current Qualified Endorsement Caps are as follows: for all nations in The East Pacific is 250 endorsements.

…1. The “Qualified Endorsement Cap” shall set the cap for all nations in The East Pacific at 250 endorsements.
…2. Any Qualified Endorsement Cap may be repealed by a ⅔ majority vote of the Magisterium.
4. The Delegate must display the current numerical value of all Qualified the Endorsement Caps on the Region’s World Factbook Entry.
5. The Delegate and the Viziers are not subject to any Qualified the Endorsement Caps.
6. An individual whose term as Delegate has elapsed and is still occupying the in-game Delegacy shall be exempt from any Qualified the Endorsement Caps until the current Delegate or a Vizier takes the position.
…1. The Praesidium may nullify this exemption prior to its natural expiry if:
a) the individual, while not having voluntarily resigned from being Delegate, has been lawfully removed from the Delegacy before their term ended; or
b) if the individual refuses to cooperate with the Praesidium in handing the in-game Delegacy over to the Delegate or Praesidium.

SECTION IV. VIOLATIONS OF ENDORSEMENT CAPS

Any nation who becomes an Endorsement Cap Violator violates the Endorsement Cap shall be “Nnotified” of their violation by a Compliance Officer via an in-game telegram and a mention in an in-game dispatch for at least 3 a days before any in-game action is taken.
…1. If an emergency situation exists in which Viziers believe the Delegacy is in danger, the Viziers may waive the 3-day any response time and provide an explanation to the Conclave as to why.

Any nation that remains in violation of the Endorsement Cap despite having received the proper notice as defined in 4.1, having been under notice for three a days and remaining in violation of this Act, shall be subject to an unendorsement campaign, ejection, OR banishment at the discretion of Compliance Officers. in order to be Corrected.

…1. Ejections and bans may be conducted by any Compliance Officer with the power of Border Control. Influence-spending concerning these actions shall be relegated to those who aren’t Viziers, or else to the Delegate, when reasonably possible.

The Viziers may temporarily suspend punishment under this Act for no more than fourteen days if the offending nation has proven a willingness to comply with the Cap.
If a Resident is found to have purposefully violated their the endorsement cCap on three separate occasions within the span of one year, they shall have committed an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of permanent banishment.

3. Any Resident found to have purposefully violated the Endorsement Cap on three separate occasions within the span of one year shall have committed an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of permanent banishment.
4. The Viziers may suspend punishment for violations of this Act if the offending nation promptly takes appropriate actions to once again comply with the Endorsement Cap.

INFORMATION

This amendment needs a majority of voting Magisters and a 50% quorum to pass.

IMPORTANT

A one week voting period will occur between the following period:
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:30 AM→Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:30 AM

Choices for voting: Vote AYE or FOR if you are in favor.
Vote NAY or AGAINST if you are against.
Vote PRESENT or ABSTAIN if you cannot make a decision.

Vote:

AYE | FOR
NAY | AGAINST
PRESENT | ABSTAIN

0 voters

List of Active Magisters - 24

#	Forum Name	TEP Name
1	AC5230	ArenaC
2	American-Cascadia	American-Cascadia
3	Arleat	Arleat
4	Asendavia	Asendavia
5	Cappedore	Cappedore
6	Cretox	Cretox State
7	CyberiumShadow	Cyberstrom
8	Domais	New Domais
9	ernestdrake	Hemogard
10	GioSivo	Pledonia
11	krill6034	Kriilatia
12	Ladona	Ladonatalacton
13	lime_30000	Jakun
14	Lucklife	Lucklife
15	Mangegneithe	Aivintis
16	McStooley	Dragons Blood
17	Merlo	Merlovich
18	rudak	Rudastan
19	Sammy23	New Leganes
20	SourKingland	Sour Kingland
21	stygian549	Belrille
22	Ulmer	Lionsroar
23	Virgolia	Weewooweewooweewoo
24	Zukchiva	Zukchiva

List of Inactive Magisters - 6

#	Forum Name	TEP Name	Notes
1	Art_Sokala	Sokala	On LOA until 2025-11-04T00:00:00Z
2	Atrocha	Atrocha	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
3	burgerkingfootlettuce	Estande	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
4	Lointland	Lointland	Suspended from 2025-08-14T00:00:00Z
5	Marrabuk	Marrabuk	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
6	Voli	Volinovia	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z

system · October 29, 2025, 4:31am

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Ladona · October 29, 2025, 5:08am

This vote automatically closed at Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:30 AM

20 Magisters have voted making this vote QUORATE.

Vote Breakdown

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
AC5230	Ladona
American-Cascadia	Merlo
Arleat
Asendavia
burgerkingfootlettuce
Cappedore
Domais
ErnestDrake
GioSivo
Lime_30000
Lucklife
Mangegneithe
McStooley
Rudak
Sammy23
Ulmer
Zukchiva
Virgolia
Total: 90.0%	Total: 10.0%

REMINDER

Abstentions only count towards determining if a quorum was reached; they are not counted in the final result. Invalid votes according to the Standing Orders of the Magisterium are not counted at all.

Results

With 90.0% voting FOR, this amendment has PASSED. The Executive will be notfiied.

List of Slackers

Cretox
CyberiumShadow
Lointland
Marrabuk
Atrocha
Voli
stygian549
SourKingland
krill6034