Arbiter Aivintis has proposed an amendment to the Regional Officers Act on October 21, this was seconded by Provost CyberiumShadow on December 5.
SECTION VII. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER
…7.1- The Viceroy shall publicly designate an individual on the East Pacific Electoral Commission to serve as a Regional Officer on behalf of the Commission. Said Commissioner shall be excluded from the provisions of Section V of this Act and shall instead by subject to the procedures in Section VII. The individual’s Regional Officer title shall include “Election Commissioner” and they shall be known as the same. They shall be given Communications and Appearance powers.
…7.2- The Delegate shall be required to appoint the Election Commissioner as Regional Officer from the opening of Delegate elections until the announcement of a Delegate-Elect . The Election Commissioner shall only be dismissed by the Delegate following law or the Standing Orders of the Conclave the end of Delegate Elections, the announcement of a new Election Commissioner, or order from the Conclave . The Delegate may not dismiss the appointed Election Commissioner at the start of a new Delegate tenure.
…7.3- The Delegate may assign the Election Commissioner any additional Power or title whose implementation is not regulated by law or the Standing Orders of the Conclave. The Magisterium may order, via a 2/3 majority vote, the Delegate to change or remove any such unregulated titles or Powers of/from the Election Commissioner. Changes and removals may be appealed to the Conclave.
…7.4- The Conclave may dismiss a Election Commissioner by 2/3 majority vote or through trial verdict. By the same vote majority, they may also bar said individual from serving on the Electoral Commission permanently or for a set time. The Election Commissioner serves at the pleasure of the Viceroy or Viceroy Designee, in the case of a conflict of interest. Conclave may additionally regulate the office through Standing Orders.
…7.5- The Magisterium may only facilitate Delegate Elections or Concordat referenda their duties , following procedures in regional law and the Standing Orders of the Conclave . Such removals may be appealed to the Conclave.
…7.6- Any individual who is running for Delegate may not be the Election Commissioner. Another individual must be appointed by the Viceroy in the former Election Commissioner’s place, Should a standing Election Commissioner accept a nomination in the Delegate Elections, they shall no longer hold their office, and the Viceroy must appoint another, unless the Viceroy is also running for Delegate in which case the Viceroy Designee shall appoint the Commissioner.
Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the Magisterium, this proposal needs a standard majority of voting Magisters to pass. In addition, the quorum of 50% must be upheld.
Voting begins on December 5th, 10:45pm UTC, with a voting period of 168 hours (1 week). It will end on December 12th, 10:45pm UTC.
List of active Magisters (13; as of December 5th, 2022):
WA Magisters:
Suspension record:
Kyon (TEP/WA West Nagato) votes AYE
(TEP/WA): American-Cascadia
AYE
Sammy23 (TEP/WA New Leganes) votes FOR
Dremaur [WA: Dremaur / EPSA]: Aye
TEP: Blue Eyes White Nation
Aye
This vote has concluded as of December 12th, 10:45pm UTC.
As 9 out of 13 eligible Magisters have voted, Quorum has been met.
Vote
Count
Voting % (Total %)
AYE
9
100% (100%)
NAY
0
0% (0%)
ABSTAIN
0
N/A (0%)
Non-Voting Magisters
A Mean Old Man
Dabeez
IASEM
Libertanny
Pursuant to the Concordat and the Standing Orders, The Magisterium has unanimously voted to amend the Regional Officers Act as proposed.