Minecraft Governor Election Times Amendment

Minecraft Governor Election Times Amendment

Part 1: Election Schedule

§1. Article 6 §1 of the Minecraft Server Transfer Act shall be amended to the following, with all subsections remaining unchanged:

§1. The Governor of the Minecraft Server shall be elected by registered voters of SimDemocracy using the STAR voting method as described in §3 of the Appendix of the Constitution. These elections shall occur every four weeks, and voting will always begin on a Saturday as determined by the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time standard. The Call for Candidates and election process shall be conducted in the same manner as Presidential elections. §2. Article 6 §3 of the Minecraft Server Transfer Act shall be amended to the following: §3. If the office of the Governor of the Minecraft Server is vacant, a by-election shall be held by the Elections Supervisor or a member of the Electoral Commision following the normal election process.

§3.1. The by-election shall not occur if the vacancy begins within 5 days of voting for the next regular election of the Governor of the Minecraft Server.

§3.2. A Call for Candidates may be issued in anticipation of a vacancy if sufficient notice of resignation or removal is provided.

§3.3. If the Call for Candidates for a gubernatorial by-election has not been issued in anticipation of a vacancy, the Call for Candidates must be issued within 24 hours of the vacancy being declared.

§3.4. The Owner of the Minecraft Server shall serve as the Acting Governor of the Minecraft Server during a vacancy.