[AMENDMENT] Citizenship Act

The Magisterium
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SECTION IV. CITIZENSHIP AUDIT

…4.5. Any member of Regional Government can make a request to temporarily revalidate an invalid Citizenship for a maximum of one month, no matter what cause, upon which a vote shall be opened to members of the Magisterium pursuant to Section IV of the Standing Orders of the Magisterium.
…4.5.1. Requests shall not be considered in the following cases:
…4.5.1.1. If there is suspected or proven abuse of this policy;
…4.5.1.2. If the Citizen in question has been ejected from the World Assembly for a second time;
…4.5.1.3. If the Citizenship has been invalid for one month at the time of the request; or
…4.5.1.4. If the Citizenship has been revoked via Moderation ban
…4.5.2. Requests shall only be considered valid if the request is received from a member of Regional Government who has authority higher than or equal to the Citizen in question

This proposal was created in response to a discussion in the Magisterium channel in the TEP Discord (found here).

While regional security is definitely a concern (as brought up by Aivintis here), I feel that prohibiting trustworthy people from certain aspects of regional government due to a temporary incident (such as a first-time WA ejection or accidental CTE) would be more harmful than beneficial (although please correct me if I’m wrong…)

The reason why I chose a month for the maximum amount of time for the revalidation is because it gives time for the Citizen in question to either restore their nation (in the case of an accidental CTE), or get a new WA nation (either for CTE or WA ejection).

Here’s my reasoning behind the points listed in 4.5.1:
4.5.1.1: Pretty obvious, if people think that the system is being abused or if there’s verifiable proof of someone abusing the system, don’t consider the request.
4.5.1.2: Since the World Assembly is a crucial part of maintaining citizenship, if someone can’t be bothered to follow WA rules, then chances are they shouldn’t be given citizenship.
4.5.1.3: In the case of a CTE, if someone hasn’t come back to restore their nation after about a month since CTE, then chances are they’re not coming back.

Of course, I’m open for debate, questions, etc.

Update: Added 4.5.1.4, which adds the revocation of citizenship via Moderation action

Update #2: Fixed a punctuation error

Update #3: Added 4.5.2, which adds more clarification on valid requests

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While this seems well written, I’m not sure of its nessecity.

Citizenship is a responsibility of the holder to maintain, and it isn’t that difficult in 99% of cases. If a Vizier or Arbiter lets their Citizenship lapse, they can always just be renominated and reconfirmed, as usually happens. Once could even argue they should face the nomination process again, since failing to maintain Citizenship is a pretty heavy failure given the ease of the task, and whether they are up to the task should be re-examined in that light.

If a Magister lets their Citizenship lapse, they can always reapply.

And if a Delegate lets their Citizenship lapse, they shouldn’t be Delegate.

The only instance I can think of is maybe for people who are ejected, but ejections happen rarely. And plus - Citizenship isn’t hard to reapply for, should someone be ejected and then not return to TEP immediately.

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It’s mainly to help a citizen remain a citizen while they figure something out. Say they CTE’d and forgot their login. They’d need to found a new nation, move it to TEP, and get it updated. While I know that the current Citizenship Act does give for a 48-hour grace period (I think?), this is, in my opinion, a viable replacement/backup plan.

Your “if a Delegate lets their Citizenship lapse” point does bring to mind a revision I could make, however… like how only an authority higher than or equal to that of the Citizen in question can make a request.

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Yes but again: I don’t see why we need to give them that grace. If they CTE’d and forgot their log-in, all they’d need to do is a) make new nation, b) move to TEP, c) notify a cit official, and d) telegram a cit official. That takes 10 minutes tops, since presumably this is for a regional government member - most who would need forum experience, so can navigate the forums well enough.

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Officially tabling this. Don’t see a point to keep it alive.