Magister @Domais has proposed amending the Citizenship Act . This was motioned to vote by @Domais on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 11:31 PM and seconded by Deputy Provost @Dimitri on Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:36 PM .
The details of the proposal are:
Text of the amendment
SECTION I: CITATION
This Act shall be known and cited as the “Citizenship Act.”
SECTION II: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITIZENSHIP OFFICE AND THE APPLICATION THREAD
The Citizenship Office (“Office”) is hereby established to oversee the process of naturalization. It shall be composed of the Viziers, the Eastern Pacific Police Service Commissioner, and other Citizenship Officials as confirmed by the Magisterium. The Delegate Archon cannot serve concurrently as a Commissioner.
The Grand Vizier Delegate shall lead and set out the procedures of the Office.
The Magisterium shall confirm Citizenship Officials nominated by the Grand Vizier Delegate via a 2/3 majority vote for an indefinite term. The Magisterium may remove Citizenship Officials by the same majority.
The Office shall establish an official sub forum thread Thread Subforum ”) that can be utilized for official records, inquiries, the posting of applications, acceptance or denial of applications, acceptance of requests, and other purposes as seen proper by the Office or this law.
SECTION III: NATURALIZATION
Residents seeking to become Citizens must:1.1. Post their application as a new thread (“Thread”) within the Subforum, 1 2 . State within their application their Resident nation, which must be a member of the World Assembly (WA), . and post said application in the medium designated by the Office 1.3. Detail within the application any relevant past affiliations and positions held from the previous two years, alongside any current affiliations, offices, or positions held within other regions, where applicable. 2 4 . Respond in confirmation to a telegram sent to their nation from a Citizenship Official, and3 5 . Have their application accepted by the Office.
All applications must list a valid WA Resident nation operated by their respective applicants. Applications not meeting these criteria shall be denied.
A Citizenship Official shall notify a Resident, via an in-game telegram, on whether their application for Citizenship was accepted or denied.
The Office may deny any Citizenship application for reasons of regional security concerns, incomplete application, provision of falsified information and/or ejection from the WA. Said denial may be appealed to the Conclave within two weeks of denial.
Upon becoming a Citizen, a Resident is required to maintain continuous residency and World Assembly status with the Citizen nation they stated their application (“recorded Citizen nation”).6. Upon becoming a Citizen, the Citizen shall bear a continuous and affirmative obligation to supplement and update their recorded Thread to reflect any subsequent changes, modifications, or additions to foreign affiliations, offices, or positions. 6 7 . In the event a Citizen wishes to change what nation the Office has noted as their recorded Citizen nation, they shall request the Office, within the designated Thread, to change one of their recorded nations to a new nation they own. A telegram from the new nation shall be sent to a Citizenship Official.6 7 .1. A Citizenship Official shall notify a Citizen, via an in-game telegram, once their request for a change is granted by the Office in their recorded Thread.7 8 . Active soldiers of the Eastern Pacific Sovereign Army (“EPSA”) as verified by the Overseeing Officer must return WA status to their citizen nation whenever they are not actively deployed in a foreign region on the orders of the EPSA. The Overseeing Officer shall keep records of all deployments for the Citizenship Office to review for the enforcement of this clause. EPSA soldiers may maintain private WA status nations over an extended period of time provided the Viziers are made aware of the operation and the deployed nation in question.8 9 . The provisions of this section relating to World Assembly status , except 3.4, shall not apply if an applicant with permanent World Assembly status in a foreign region is approved by a majority vote of the Praesidium. Citizens approved in this way must maintain continuous World Assembly status in the foreign nation they list and continuous residency in a nation of The East Pacific named in their application as well.8 9 .1. Citizens approved in this way may change their recorded Resident or recorded WA nation through the same process by which WA Citizens may change their Citizen nation under clause 3.6 7 .
SECTION IV: CITIZENSHIP AUDIT
The Office shall use the Thread Subforum to track and document the following: a Citizenship shall be invalid 12 hours after6 7 . within the aforementioned 12-hour timeframe. 1.4. After an official compliance notice is issued by the Office, failure to maintain a current and compliant citizenship disclosure in accordance with Section 3.6, provided that such noncompliance remains unremedied beyond the aforementioned 12-hour timeframe and the expiration of any supplemental grace period explicitly granted at the discretion of the Office.
If the Citizen returns their recorded Resident nation to the region or their WA membership to their recorded WA nation and issues a notification of such return within ther recorded Thread before the 12 hour period established in Section 4.1 expires, their Citizenship shall remain valid.
Exceptions to Section 4.1 and its subsections may be established by additional law. Any Citizen may reapply for Citizenship upon removal.
Any Resident may renounce their Citizenship by notifying the Office in their recorded Thread.
SECTION V: CITIZENSHIP RECORDS
The Office shall maintain an official list of all Citizens. Said list shall remain publicly viewable on The East Pacific forums within the Subforum . The list may be posted in another sub forum thread Thread Subforum if the forums are utilized for this purpose.
Approval or denial of a Citizenship application or change of a Citizen’s nations shall be the moment when the Office states within the relevant Thread that an application has been denied or accepted or that a change of nation was accepted.
Removal of Citizenship shall be the moment when the Office marks, within the Thread, that a Citizen’s Citizenship is invalid or a Citizen has renounced their registration.
SECTION VI: PROSCRIPTION
Proscription shall be a status which confers banishment from the region for reasons of regional security based on actions committed abroad or against The East Pacific. No proscription may be issued against any resident for reason of summary or indictable offense; all such instances must be tried by Conclave.
Individuals with no known resident nation may be proscribed by the Praesidium through any process dictated by the Standing Orders of the Praesidium.
Non-citizen residents may be proscribed by the Praesidium through a 2/3 majority vote, the administration of which shall be defined by the Standing Orders of the Praesidium.
No Citizen may be proscribed by the Praesidium.
The Grand Vizier Delegate shall maintain a public record of proscribed groups and nations on the forums, as well as the reasons behind proscription..
The Delegate must be informed upon the beginning of a proscription process, as well as once a decision is made. Grand Vizier The Delegate must announce the justification of each proscription. , or consign such a task to the Delegate. This announcement must adequately justify the proscription. The maintenance of a resident nation by an individual proscribed by the Praesidium shall be considered a summary offense with a sentence of banishment for as long as the proscription lasts.
The Praesidium may alter or lift any proscription, or establish a time limit or terms within the initial proscription decision. Alterations or reversals shall require a 2/3 majority vote.
Any proscribed nation may appeal to the Conclave, in which the length or terms of proscription may be altered, including an exception to group proscriptions, or the proscription may be fully lifted, if it is determined to be unreasonable or unjustified.
SECTION VII: VOTE FRAUD
Nothing in this Act permits an individual to maintain multiple Citizenships, which shall constitute an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of permanent banishment.
Any individual who attempts to vote during Delegate Archon Elections and regional referenda without valid Citizenship shall be committing an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of one year banishment.3. Any individual who knowingly or with intent to deceive provides fraudulent, inaccurate, or misleading information, or commits a material omission regarding their historical or concurrent foreign affiliations, offices, or positions within an initial application or subsequent citizenship disclosure in accordance with Section 3.6, shall be guilty of an indictable offense with a maximum sentence of one year banishment.
SECTION VIII: TRANSITION 1. Upon the enactment of this Amendment, any citizen with a valid disclosure filed under the Public Official Disclosure Act shall be automatically converted by the Office into an active citizenship application thread within the Subforum.
2. Any current Citizen lacking a valid historical disclosure form shall, within a timeframe prescribed by the Office, initiate a dedicated thread within the Subforum for the express purpose of fulfilling the ongoing disclosure requirements established herein.
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:Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:15 PM UTC →Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:15 PM UTC
Choices for voting: Vote AYE or FOR if you are in favor.NAY or AGAINST if you are against.PRESENT or ABSTAIN if you cannot make a decision.
Vote:
AYE | FOR
NAY | AGAINST
PRESENT | ABSTAIN
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system
June 25, 2026, 1:12pm
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This topic was automatically closed after 7 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
Ladona
June 25, 2026, 1:34pm
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This vote automatically closed at Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:15 PM
19 of the 22 active Magisters have voted making this vote QUORATE .
FOR (7)AGAINST (7)ABSTAIN (5)
AC5230
American-Cascadia
burgerkingfootlettuce
Domais
Aurora_Yukihime
Cappedore
krill6034
CyberiumShadow
Daravon
lime_30000
Dio
Dimitri
rudak
Ladona
Sammy23
Ulmer
Lucklife
Zukchiva
Merlo
Total: 50.0%Total: 50.0%
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.
With 50.0% of the voting Magisters voting AGAINST BEEN DEFEATED
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