This is one of the hardest things I've had to do as Secretary of State. It didn't have to be this way.

Whereas Article X, Section 4 of Organic Law states, "Talossans may voluntarily renounce their own citizenship. This may be done by publicly issuing a written Declaration of Renunciation. It shall take immediate effect upon its acknowledgement by the Secretary of State through issuance of a Writ of Termination of Citizenship," it is with a heavy heart that the Chancery accepts his renunciation, effective this 20th day of October, 2023.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

 

There is rhetoric on both sides and a history of mistrust. Perhaps the best step is for everyone to kinda take a breath and see if we can solve the current issues. I believe that everyone has the best interests of the kingdom at heart. We are the lucky few who share Talossa together.

I nominate myself as Premieir of Maricopa.

I claim my seat in the Cabana.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 18, 2023, 03:39:04 PMI'm not sure I agree with the interpretation of the vote of confidence. It seems to me that legally there has to be a vote of confidence, but also that it could not have any effect either way.

That's entirely possible. This is uncharted territory. :-)

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 18, 2023, 01:33:26 PMJust to confirm, votes will be weighted by seats?

Yes, sorry, I meant to add that in.

Edit: I've added it in. I'm also working on a proposed law to codify this process for future Cosas.

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on October 18, 2023, 11:28:18 AMThank you @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB and @Miestră Schivă, UrN  for your proposal, which is a very good proposal

Just for clarification S:reu Sant-Enogat, is this the TNC signing off on the proposed rules? Graschias.

MC's for the 59th Cosa

Name	Party	Seats
Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN	TNC	20
Bråneu Excelsio	TNC	21
Baron Alexandreu Davinescu	TNC	20
Muhammed Yasir	TNC	20
þerxh Sant-Enogat	TNC	20
Munditenens Tresplet	DIEN	15
Miestră Schivă	FreeDems	22
Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir	FreeDems	23
Lüc da Schir	FreeDems	23
Cresti da Nouăcastră	FreeDems	8
Txoteu É. Davinescu	FreeDems	8

It is presumed that under El.Lex.B.2.3, as DIEN did not submit a list of citizens for the Cosa that S:reu Tresplet is the sole seat holder. All that remains is for the Free Democrats to name their MCs. Once that has been accomplished, the Cosa should elect a Túischac'h and proceed with nominations for Seneschal. My suggestion is the Túischac'h from the 58th Cosa begin the discussions.

I've updated the proposed rules to include Dame Miestra's proposed rule for a tie-breaker.

The problem is compounded because without a Mençei and a Tuischach, we have no CRL and no bills can be put forward for the first Clark. I'd highly suggest that the current Seneschal call for a month of recess so these issues can be sorted out.

Regardless of whether someone may be claiming a different result Senator, you were declared the winner so you have nothing to worry about. You clearly met the requirements of ranked choice voting and won on the second tally. That election is resolved.

Mximo, you won the election on the second tally, so I fail to see what your issue is other than write-in votes. Why would we disallow that? I may not agree with certain Talossans who use write-ins in the manner they were used, but we also have citizens who are not active or even use Wittenberg. We need to allow write-ins for those citizens so they can still participate. Removing write-ins risks disenfranchising voters, which is distasteful to me.

- Under the provisions of Organic Law Article VI Section 2, should a Seneschal not be appointed prior to the first day of the first Clark, a Ranked Choice Vote to select the Seneschal shall appear on the First Clark.
- As the database is not currently equipped for this purpose, voting for Seneschal shall occur in a thread on Wittenberg concurrently with the First Clark.
- Only MC's may vote for a Seneschal. Senators have no vote.
- As Organic Law is relatively thin on the provisions of ranked choice voting for a Seneschal, the Chancery hereby proposes the following rules for voting:
- Votes shall be weighted by the number of seats assigned to each MC.
- Each party represented in the Cosa shall nominate one candidate for Seneschal prior to the posting of voting on Wittenberg. This should be done even if a Seneschal is elected prior to voting to ensure enough time for the actual vote.
- On the voting thread, there should be NO discussion or comments other than ranked choices.
- MC's will rank the candidates for Seneschal by preference (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) MC's should rank all candidates to avoid their ballots becoming exhausted.
- Should an MC rank the same candidate more than once, only the first appearance of that candidate on their ballot shall be counted.
- Failing to vote in the Seneschal election by an MC shall not count as a missed Clark unless that MC also fails to vote on the Clark itself.
- If a Seneschal candidate wins an outright majority of first-preference votes (50 percent plus 1) he or she will be declared the winner.
- If no Seneschal candidate wins an outright majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated.
- All first-preference votes for the failed candidate are eliminated. Second preference choices on these ballots are then elevated to first-preference.
- A new tally is conducted to determine whether any candidate has won an outright majority of the adjusted votes.
- The process is repeated until either a candidate wins a majority of votes cast or a tie exists.
- If there's a tie after preferences, then we revert to the result of the previous round (which, in the case of only 3 candidates, would be the plurality result, i.e. just whoever gets the most first preferences). Only if it's still a tie then should we go for a revote on the second Clark.

As far as the required Vote of Confidence on each Clark, as there would be no new government in place should this election occur, the Chancery believes that the VoC would apply to the existing Seneschal and his Cabinet that was appointed during the 58th Cosa. However, should the VoC fail, a new election would need to be called.

Discussion should be by MCs only. I don't want this thread to become a free-for-all as it is vital that we have rules in place before the first Clark.

updated to include Miestra's proposed change to the tie-breaker.