[CA-2023-37] Proposal for Amendment to Article C of the Concordat - "Protecting Our Courts Amendment"

[CyberiumShadow]

Magister Mangegneithe has proposed an Amendment to the Concordat on Saturday, April 29, 2023 3:45 PM UTC.

This Bill was motioned to vote on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 3:17 PM UTC, and was seconded by Magister Cloud on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 11:50 PM UTC.

Pursuant to the Concordat & Standing Orders of the Magisterium, this proposal needs a special majority of 2/3 voting Magisters to pass. In addition, the quorum of 50% must be upheld.

@Mangegneithe

The Concordat of the East Pacific

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Article C: Judicial

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Section 5

Arbiters are appointed for six month tenure, after which they shall retain their seat until a Member is nominated to replace them. An Arbiter may be reappointed when their term ends.

Every six months, on the first of January and July, discussion for re-confirmation of all sitting Arbiters shall be immediately begun by the Provost of the Magisterium. Arbiters are appointed for a tenure lasting until the next re-confirmation of the cycle unless they are appointed in the month prior to re-confirmation, in which case they hold their seat until the second re-confirmation of the cycle. After three days of discussion on re-confirmation, a vote will begin. All sitting Arbiters shall retain their seat for the duration of re-confirmation. Should any Arbiter(s) fail the re-confirmation vote by the Magisterium, their seat is forfeited. In the event of any vacancy in the Conclave, the Delegate must nominate a new Arbiter within seven days. An Arbiter cannot be nominated again for the same seat after their re-confirmation fails.

Section 6

The Conclave may rule on the actions of the Delegate or the Praesidium and nullify any which are contrary to this Concordat or statutory law. Furthermore, the Conclave may nullify any law passed by the Magisterium that is contrary to this Concordat. The Conclave is empowered to compel a legally required action by Order with an indictable penalty, as limited by law. The Conclave cannot overturn Concordat Amendments any part of the Concordat.

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Section 10

The Conclave may not apply any legislation to any situation that occurred before the legislation was passed. The prohibition of the Conclave overturning Concordat Amendments, as stated in this Article, shall be an exemption to this mandate.

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Voting period of 168 hours (1 week) occurs between the following time period 2023-08-02T14:55:00Z→2023-08-09T14:55:00Z

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

[CA-2023-37] Are you in favor of this Proposed Amendment to the Concordat?

• AYE / FOR
• NAY / AGAINST
• PRESENT / ABSTAIN

List of Active Magisters - 22

• A mean old man
• Asendavia
• ArenaC
• American-Cascadia
• Brotherland
• Cappedore
• CyberiumShadow
• Dabeez
• Dremaur
• God-Emperor
• Greenlad
• Kyon Thomas
• Mangegneithe
• Marrabuk
• McStooley
• Sammy23
• Vussul
• vw53a
• Cloud
• Kingdom_of_Napels
• Silvae
• The Ambis

[CyberiumShadow]

This vote has concluded as of 2023-08-09T14:55:00Z

As 15 out of 22 eligible Magisters have voted, Quorum has been met.

Aye	Nay	Abstain	Non-Voting
The Ambis	Marrabuk		A mean old man
ArenaC	Vussul		Brotherlandprez1
Sammy23	Dabeez		Cappedore
Cloud	God-Emperor		Greenlad
Kingdom_of_Napels			McStooley
American-Cascadia			vw53a
Mangegneithe			Silvae
Dremaur
CyberiumShadow
KyonThomas
Asendavia

Vote	Count	Voting % (Total %)
AYE	11	73% (73%)
NAY	4	27% (27%)
ABSTAIN	0	N/A (0%)
ABSENT	7	N/A

Pursuant to the Concordat & Standing Orders, The Magisterium has voted to approve the Proposed Amendment to the Concordat.
It will now be submitted to the Viceroy for a regional referendum.

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