Standardized Election Times (SET) Amendment

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Preamble

Whereas, frequent and irregular public votes causes voter fatigue,

Whereas, delaying mid week votes to Saturday would improve turnout,

THE SENATE OF SIMDEMOCRACY PROCLAIMS

Standardized Election Times (SET) Amendment

Article 1 - Amendment

§1. A new section shall be added to “Part 8: Appendix” of the Constitution:

§6. Public votes shall only go live, once a week, on every Saturday, anytime from 2 AM UTC to 12 PM UTC.

§6.1. A “public vote” refers to all kinds of plebiscite within SimDemocracy, including but not limited to, elections, referenda, and appointments needing public confirmation.

§6.2. All the public votes that are supposed to happen shall wait until the next window to go live.

§6.3. All requirements for public votes (such as Calls For Candidates), shall have their timings adjusted to allow for the implementation of §6.

§6.4. All votes explicitly designed to be of “emergency” status shall be exempt from §6. and its subsections.

§6.4.1. Impeachments needing public confirmation shall be considered of “emergency” status under §6.4.

§6.4.2. By-elections shall be considered of “emergency” status under §6.4.

§6.4.3. The Senate of SimDemocracy shall be empowered to grant any public vote “emergency” status with a majority vote under §6.4.

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