Post by Cormac on Dec 26, 2018 18:38:05 GMT -5
Congressional Procedure Act
Section 1. Legislative Procedures
(1) A minimum discussion period of three days is ordinarily required before any proposal may be brought to vote. The Speaker is not required to open a vote if they determine the proposal has not had sufficient discussion, but they may not delay opening a vote for more than seven days from when the motion to vote on the proposal was seconded.
(2) The minimum discussion period will be waived for votes related to states of emergency.
(3) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence.
(4) Only the President may introduce a proposal that constitutionally requires the President's initiative, and only the President may make a motion to vote on such a proposal. This will include confirmation of appointments made by the President.
(5) In the event that there are multiple competing proposals regarding the same matter in the judgment of the Speaker, the Speaker will bring them to vote one at a time, in the order they were motioned to vote. If such a proposal is enacted, the subsequent competing proposals will not be brought to vote.
(6) All votes will take place for three days. Citizens eligible to vote may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present." Voters may not post any other content in a voting thread or embellish the format of their vote in any way, and votes that include additional content or embellishment will be discarded. Voters may cast their votes by posting in each voting thread.
(7) The Speaker will determine which discussions will take place publicly and which will take place privately, and may accordingly move discussions to and from the private forum of the Regional Congress, except that the President may determine whether proposals that constitutionally require the President's initiative will be public or private. All votes will be conducted in public.
Section 2. Legislative Formatting
(1) Proposals for general laws brought to vote in the Regional Congress will be formatted as follows:
Example Title
Section 1. Example Section Title
(1) This is an example of a subsection.
(2) This is an example of another subsection.
a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.
Section 2. Example Section Title
(1) This is an example of a subsection.
(2) This is an example of another subsection.
a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.
Section 2. Example Section Title
(3) A vote will not be opened for a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up, and no motion to vote on an unconforming bill will be recognized, until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.
