Political Parties and Communities Act 2023
Political Parties and Communities Act 2023
- Explanatory notes
- This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:
- Coalition Act 2023
- Legal Entities and Blocks Act 2023
Part 1: Political parties
Article 1: Definition of parties
§1. Political parties shall be legal entities who have political opinions and policies and try to enact or engage in politics.
Article 2: Creation of a political party
§1. For a party to be considered valid and registered officially, one of its party founders or leaders shall announce its formation on the SimDemocracy subreddit via a Reddit post.
- §1.1. There has to be one (1) party founders for a party to be validly formed
- §1.2. The formation post shall include the name of the party, the usernames of its party founders, and the username of its leaders.
- §1.3. The formation post may include other information about the party.
§2. Parties founded before the 14th February 2023 shall remain valid parties so long as they meet the statutory requirements under Article 5 of this Act.
§3. Each party shall be entitled to a Discord role which the party leader may customise.
§4. Each party may regulate its own proceedings through internal rules.
- §4.1. For internal rules to be valid, there must be mechanisms to appoint new leaders, expel members, and to disband the party.
- §4.2. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, party leaders shall have full authority over how their party is run.
Article 3: Participation in elections
§1. Each party shall have the right to choose who runs for office under their party banner.
§2. Candidates may not run for office under the banner of an invalid party.
Article 4: Party membership
§1. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, party leaders shall have the authority to officially expel members from the party.
§2. A person may not be a member of more than one (1) political party.
Article 5: Disbanding of parties
§1. A party shall be disbanded when:
- §1.1. It is disbanded in accordance with its internal rules,
- §1.2. In the absence of internal rules prohibiting otherwise, party leaders announced its disbanding on a Reddit post in the SimDemocracy subreddit,
- §1.3. If no members of said party have made any Reddit posts on the SimDemocracy subreddit or posts on the associated Discord server for more than one (1) month, or
- §1.4. It has zero (0) members left.
§2. All assets of a disbanded party including roles, channels, and categories shall be seized or dissolved.
Part 2: Communities
Article 6: Definition of communities
§1. Communities shall be legal entities dedicated to non-political interests or activities, or otherwise are composed of like-minded individuals for non-political purposes.
Article 7: Creation of communities
§1. For a community to be validly created, its leaders shall announce its formation on the SimDemocracy subreddit via a Reddit post or the SimDemocracy discord server via a message in the #general-announcements channel.
- §1.1. The formation post shall include the name of the community, the username of its leaders, and a brief summary explaining what the community is about.
- §1.2. The formation post may include other information about the community.
§2. Each community may apply for Discord channels, Discord roles, Reddit flairs, and Reddit tags in accordance with rules set by law or Executive Order.
§3. Each community may regulate its own proceedings through internal rules.
- §4.1. For internal rules to be valid, there must be mechanisms to appoint new leaders, expel members, and to disband the community.
- §4.2. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, community leaders shall have full authority over how their community is run.
Part 3: Coalitions
Article 8: Coalitions
§1. Two or more parties and/or independent candidates may agree to form a coalition.
§2. Coalitions shall have the right to run for office as if they were a political party.
- §2.1. The name of a coalition must be agreed upon by all relevant parties and independent candidates. Where this is not done, the Electoral Commission shall assign a name on their behalf.
