It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the July 2023 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=58&clark=5 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=5 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 30th of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on July 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of July), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

The June 2023 Clark is now here.

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=4

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)

In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/June2023Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the June 2023 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=58&clark=4 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=4 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on June 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of June), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

Whereas Vitxalmour Conductour lost his citizenship as a result of either not voting or not responding to a census in a two-year period, and

Whereas S:reu Conductour has contacted the Chancery, according to the provisions of El Lexhatx E.14,

Therefore the citizenship of S:reu Conductour has been reinstated under my hand and seal this day, May 17, 2023.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

QuoteWHEREAS it has been several years since any legislation was introduced in the Cleivi, and

WHEREAS this last few elections for Premieir was interesting to say the least, and

WHEREAS there are no set rules in place for electing a new Premieir, and

WHEREAS I think we should do something about it.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Cleivi that a new law, 59CL1, shall be enacted:

Nominations for Premieir shall be opened by the current Premieir within one month of every National Election. Nomination periods shall be two weeks. The election for Premieir shall commence immediately upon the end of the nomination period. Elections for Premieir shall remain open for a period of two weeks.

FURTHERMORE, Should no candidate gain a majority of the votes, the current Premieir shall remain in office until the end of the Cosa term when new elections shall be called.

Uréu q'estadra sa: Sir Txec dal Nordselva

Oyez, oyez!

TANDI QE l'útzil es la zesplega dels armeux personais grantevent par Sieu Maxhestà el Regeu da Talossa trans l'axhençù da sieu Uficieir Rexhital la Hamilta Viceregeu d'Armeux c'e'n privilexhù es non c'e'n drept, es

TANDI QE la privilexhù à tirh es à zesplegarh acestilor armeux isch reservat àls citaxhiéns del Regipäts Talossan qissen þonor isch stimat, respectat, es açeitat sanc ingen quesziun par lors paírs es el popul, es

TANDI QE c'e uschedat qe Cauvesc Carlüs Xheraltescu, par sieux dideux, tent ceavastat, spurcat, vaitat, es avandunat sieu statüs þonoresc, nun

PER ACESTILOR RAZIUNS es par acestilor schegnhen, qe c'estadra säpescu qe in accordançéu cün la vöglha es la zireziun da Sieu Maxhestà Regeu Ian, 'n Cort da Cavalería nun isch cunventat sub va mha à zesterminarh el svipour dels armeux qi füvent grantat àð Cauvesc Carlüs Xheraltescu dürant els Þonors dal Ziua dal St. Aarons in l'anneu 2013, es

OCSÀ qe c'estadra säpescu qe el Cort da Cavalería, cunventat perventüra, rendarha sieu zeciziun es recomenda à Sieu Maxhestà osprei 'n pieriot da seifet ziuas per la reçeiziun es la circümspicença d'ingen adaco'art dad amici curiae sub aicì.

Rouge Eiafunt Precurseir
Hamilta Viceregeu d'Armeux




Oyez, oyez!

WHEREAS the use and display of personal arms granted by His Majesty the King of Talossa through the agency of His Royal Officer the Squirrel Viceroy of Arms is a privilege and not a right, and

WHEREAS the privilege to hold and display said arms is reserved to citizens of the Kingdom of Talossa whose honour is revered, respected, and unquestioned by their peers and the citizenry as a whole, and

WHEREAS it is alleged that Cauvesc Carlüs Xheraltescu has by his actions tarnished, besmirched, ruined, and abandoned his honourable status, now

THEREFORE by these presents be it known that in accordance with the wish and direction of His Majesty King John, a Court of Chivalry is now convened under my hand to determine the disposition of arms granted to the said Cauvesc Carlüs Xheraltescu during the 2013 St. Aarons Day Honours, and

FURTHERMORE be it known that the said Court of Chivalry, hereby convened, shall render its decision and recommendation to His Majesty after a period of seven days of receiving and weighing any public comment from amici curiae hereunder.

Rouge Elephant Herald
Squirrel Viceroy of Arms

The May 2023 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=3

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/May2023Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

The Chancery has assessed current laws on privacy and the Census, in light of a proposal by the government to use the latter as a tool in order to gather information that citizens may freely provide on their skills and interests. The Chancery is guided by relevant laws and believes that under el Lexhatx, certain information about citizens shall not be shared outside of the legal procedures put in place.  However, discussions with the government have identified a method of pre-approval with which the Chancery and government are both comfortable.  This approach will allow citizen privacy to be protected while still using the tools already available to the state.

There are two statutes that the Chancery is drawing upon to form its opinion. The first is El. Lex. C.1.2.2.3 which states:

QuoteAny information collected during the census that would individually identify any person or persons, including their contact information, shall be withheld from the public for to protect individual privacy, consistent with Lex.D.8. The only exception is that citizens may opt to have their e-mail address shared with party leaders, pursuant to Lex.D.8.5.4. Census information shall not be released under any "freedom of information" or "government transparency" requests, notwithstanding any other provisions of el Lexhatx.

The second statute, El. Lex. D.8.4.1 defines more clearly who may access certain protected information:

QuotePersonal information such as, but not limited to, private mailing addresses, contact telephone numbers and private email addresses, given names, ages, date of births and national security numbers shall be held on file and shall only be accessed by the Secretary of State or The King without prior permission of the person to whom the information relates to. In all other instances permission must be obtained by the person to whom the personal information relates to.

Taken together, the Chancery believes that any identifiable information, including given names, may only be accessed by either the Secretary of State or the King.  This includes information on a citizen's hobbies or interests, which may be used to identify them.  This information may not be released outside of the Chancery except in a fashion that prevents associating it with any single individual.  Not every citizen of Talossa has chosen a Talossan version of their name, and so the legal risk is that some protected information may be provided to an unauthorized person if the data is shared as envisioned in the above entitled proposal, and a great number of Talossans have opted out of sharing their personal data as a matter of course.

However, a citizen may freely provide permission for his her or protected data to be released, if so chosen. Accordingly, it is possible to allow citizens to authorize the release of certain sections of the Census, as long as these requirements are met:
Citizens must be given enough information to make an informed decision.
Each individual must be given the choice whether or not to complete this section of the Census, and the Census will be considered "complete" even without these optional questions which would be authorized for release.

Any questions or concerns may be addressed to the Chancery, which will continue to strive to protect the privacy rights of citizens.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the May 2023 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=58&clark=3 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=3 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 30th of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on May 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of May), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

The April 2023 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=2

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/April2023Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the April 2023 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=58&clark=2 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=2 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on April 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of April, as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

The March 2023 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=1

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/March2023Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the March 2023 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=58&clark=1 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=58&clark=1 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on March 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of November), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul fellow Maricopans,

As Premieir of Maricopa, I hereby open the call for seats in the Maricopa Cabana.

As a reminder, ANY citizen of Maricopa may claim a seat in the Cabana - the hottest spot north of Havana - and maybe this term we will have business to conduct!

As the current Premieir of Maricopa, it falls to me to open the nomination period for Premier.

The nomination phase will stay open for ONE WEEK. Voting will begin on February 10, 2022 and will remain open for one week.

Nominations:

Sir Txec dal Nordselvă
Danihel Txechescu
Béneditsch Ardpresteir

It is with sadness that seventeen citizens have now lost their citizenship due to not having voted or responded to a census for the past two years.

The citizens who have lost their citizenship are:

Mic'haglh Avercül
John Mousely
Raducanu Vasile
Txosuè Veirnarac'h Pologn
Erschéveþ (Ely) da Schir
Hakan Sönmez
Sevastáin Pinátsch
Bitour Scurzniescu
Martì Vataldestreça
Moritz Iesu Preiria Fernaodescu
Aspra Röseta Laira
Magniloqueu Épiqeu Ac'hlerglünä da Lhiun
Thomas Dellaert
Seguxhameir d'Üc
Tric'hard Carschaleir
Vitxalmour Pelbiançéu Conductour
Ups Cotschneu

If this list is inaccurate please let me know. None of them have been marked inactive or had their Witt accounts updated yet.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Congratulations to the newly elected (and re-elected) Senators. As is required by El Lex. B.9, each Senator, upon being successfully elected, must pay to the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue a fee of 3¤20 (three louise and twenty bence, equivalent to $5 USD).

The fee may be paid via PayPal to stamps@talossa.com, via mail, or in person. Until such time as the fee is paid, the Senator-elect will not be seated.

Fees have been received from: Tric'hard Lenxheir (Vuode) and Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu (Benito).
Fees outstanding: Martì-Páir Furxhéir (Atatürk)



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to call for each party to name its Membreaux dals Cosă.

Each party is entitled to the following number of seats:

DIEN - 11
FreeDem - 60
PDR - 14
PT - 9
TNC - 106

Parti da Reformaziun has not paid their party fees and their MCs will not be seated until such time as the fee is received.

Please also note that due to the passage of 57RZ19 we are on a compressed timeline. The first Clark of the 58th Cosa will begin on March 1, 2023. A separate call for bills thread will be opened shortly.

I also encourage the incoming MCs to work on naming a new Seneschal, as one must be named prior to the first Clark to avoid having a ranked choice vote be placed on that Clark.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

DIEN - 11 Cosa Seats
FreeDem - 60 Cosa Seats
PDR - 14 Cosa Seats
PT - 9 Cosa seats
TNC - 106 Cosa Seats

Referendums

57RZ19 passed
57RZ27 passed

Senate Elections

Ataturk - Marti-Pair Furxheir
Benito - Eiric Bornatfiglheu
Vuode - Tric'hard Lenxheir

Edit: I inadvertently left off S:reu Lenxheir as he was elected by the province and was not listed in the database results. My apologies.

The January 2023 General Elections to elect the 58th Cosa, provincial assemblies and 3 senate seats in addition to the two referenda on amendments to the Organic Law is now active.

*The province  of Vuode is holding its own Senate elections. To vote and for more information please check the provincial forum on Wittenberg.

You can find the election rules here.

Ballots will be sent today. If you do not receive a ballot today, please send me a pm.

If you believe there is something wrong with the ballot, please contact me ASAP.



As per the Organic Law, all votes are final, and cannot be retracted, modified or altered in any way: if multiple votes are sent, only the first one is counted. The only exception is that if you vote on the Cosa part, but forgot to vote on the Senate part, you may add your Senate vote before the election deadline using voting method 1, 2, or 4* (see below). The database admin will then manually insert your Senate vote into the database.

*In this case, make a new separate post, do not alter your original post.

There are five ways to vote:

• You can reply to their Ballot email with your vote, provided the PSC code is in the email. Those votes will be entered manually into the Database system.
• You can write a different email (to talossachancery@gmail.com), provided the PSC code is in it. Those votes will be entered manually into the Database system.
• You can vote using the online form: www.talossa.ca/files/vote.php using only your citizen number (available online and in the email) and the PSC code from the email. Those votes will be entered automatically into the Database system.
• Voters will be able to vote on Wittenberg publicly A single vote thread (THIS THREAD) will be created for casting votes on Wittenberg. If you have received your vote code (PSC), you are requested to cast your vote in that thread. It is suggested that for privacy purposes you send a PM with your PSC but not post it in the public forum. A vote without PSC will be validated provided the account clearly belongs to a single eligible voter.
• You can print the ballot located here at www.talossa.ca/files/votebymail.php and mail it to the address located at the bottom of the ballot. Keep in mind that votes need to arrive before the election deadline to be valid and voting by mail might take long, especially from a location outside western Europe. (NOTICE: the vote by mail ballot is not fully updated yet.  When voting by mail please keep in mind the instructions on the email ballot or here.)

Especially when voting using a different method than the database, keep in mind the following:

• Part 3: Cosa Election
• Part 5: Referendum
• Part 6: Senate Election
• Part 7: Provincial Election

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• Specify which part you are voting for. Unspecified party votes will only count towards the Cosa election.
• Write-in parties for the Cosa elections cannot receive votes. A write-in vote has the same effect as Present/Invalid.
• For the Senate part, rank as many eligible candidates as you want in order of preference. Do not include one candidate multiple times. Please include a candidate's full name or citizen number. Ambiguous votes may be rejected. Write-In votes for eligible citizens are allowed.
• Party votes do not count in any way for Senate elections.
• As per the Organic Law, all votes are final, and cannot be retracted, modified or altered in any way: if multiple votes are sent, only the first one is counted. The only exception is that if you vote on the Cosa part, but forgot to vote on the Senate part, you may add your Senate vote before the election deadline using voting method 1, 2, or 4* (see above). The database admin will then manually insert your Senate vote into the database.
• DO NOTE ALTER your original post. ALWAYS create a new post.

If you vote on Wittenberg, please include the following parts: (On Wittenberg your vote will always be public.)

For the Cosa, please vote for the party you want to vote for.

Five parties have registered:

• DIEN - The Independent Monarchist
• FREEDEMS - Free Democrats of Talossa
• PdR - Parti da Reformaziun
• PT - Parti Tafialistà
• TNC - Talossan National Congress

More information about these parties (50 word statements, leaders, link to party platform, etc) can be found on your ballot, on the online voting form and on the election rules page.

If you do not wish to vote for a party you can also indicate "PRESENT" for the Party Vote. This counts as vote in regards to keeping your citizenship.
(You risk losing your citizenship if you did not vote or take part in a census during the last two years.)


There are two  referenda this year:

* 57RZ19 - The Seneschal Selection and Reselection Amendment
* 57RZ27 - The Dandelions Start at Fourteen Amendment

You may vote Për (in favour), Contrâ (against), or Abstain on these amendments.
The full texts can be found by clicking the links.


Please include your vote for Senator if you are a citizen of any of the following provinces:

• Atatürk
• Benito
• Vuode

To vote for Senate, list 1 or more (the database ballot accepts up to 5) eligible citizens of your province in order of preference!

If you leave this empty your vote will count as abstain and your vote for the other parts will still be valid.
Important: votes for a party do NOT count here. You will need to vote for an individual candidate.

The following candidates have registered for senate seats:
Atatürk: #101 - Martì-Paír Furxhéir, #547 Muhammed Yasir
Benito: #330 - Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu
Vuode: #550 - Tric'hard Lenxheir
Write-in votes for Senate are also allowed

Here you can vote for whichever party you wish to represent you in your provincial assembly. The provincial assembly elections of the following provinces are conducted by the chancery:

- Atatürk

- Benito
(For the Benito Legislative Assembly, please vote for a party, or PRESENT if you wish to cast a null ballot.)

- Florencia
(Vote for a party or vote "present")

- Fiova
Ranked choice voting, same as for Senators

If you leave this empty your vote will count as abstain and your vote for the other parts will still be valid.


Any time between the morning of 14 January, 2023 and 1 February, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA)


PS for those interested: here you can find who have and have not voted yet.
Current turnout: 99 (71.74%)

Also,  here(TBD) is a list of citizen numbers of citizens who are at risk of losing their citizenship at the end of the election.

Lastly, please just use this thread for voting. For questions, concerns, etc you can use this thread. Additionally, this thread should be treated as a polling station. This is not the place for campaigning or political arguments.

53RZ23 established a database of name, province and email address of all citizens who opt-in, available to every citizen. This has not been automated yet. If you wish to be included in this database please contact the Secretary of State on Witt or send an email to talossachancery@gmail.com stating that you wish to be included in the database for all citizens.[/list][/list]