As this prospective did not respond to the request for her to take the Oath of Citizenship within the allowable time, this petition will no longer be considered and the prospective immigrant will not be granted citizenship. Should she wish to become a citizen, she will need to undergo the full immigration process.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the May 2024 Clark.

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

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=59&clark=6 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=59&clark=6 (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).




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

Azul leaders of Maritiimi-Maxhestic,

The Chancery is preparing the 59th Cosa election and needs to confirm details regarding your upcoming Senate election. The Chancery has details that the election for senator is NOT run by the Chancery, is this correct or should the province conduct the election?

Regards
Sir Txec dal Nordselvâ
Secretary of State

Azul leaders of Benito,

The Chancery is preparing the 60th Cosa election and needs to confirm details regarding your upcoming Senate election. The Chancery has details that the election for senator is run by the Chancery, is this correct or should the province conduct the election?

Regards
Sir Txec dal Nordselvâ
Secretary of State

Azul leaders of Fiova,

The Chancery is preparing the 60th Cosa election and needs to confirm details regarding your upcoming Senate election. The Chancery has details that the election for senator is run by the Chancery, is this correct or should the province conduct the election?

Regards
Sir Txec dal Nordselvâ
Secretary of State

We still need to hear from Chief Judge @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN with her appointment.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 22, 2024, 08:36:13 AMI'd be happy to take a crack at it next month, if that'd be amenable to Txec.

Beyond that, I would politely request that we really do need someone else to keep an eye on the voting.  If not the heads of the legislature, maybe the CpI?  We simply can't have a secret ballot for something so important that relies entirely on the absolute honesty of one person.  This is no reflection on anyone personally, but it's just good governance not to trust anyone so much.

Sure, the process should be collaborative. I have some thoughts on the rules, but they aren't fully formed yet.

As for who monitors the votes, why not use the Electoral Commission? We could simply stipulate in the bill that the most recently seated EC are the proctors or some other term overseeing the ballots.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on April 21, 2024, 10:39:24 PMBTW, there is a problem that, as far as I read El Lexhatx H.2.2., named sponsors of the bill must be MZs, which would exclude the actual author of most of this text. Am I reading that right or can Baron Davinescù's name go on it (if he would be happy to do so given that I've made crucial edits)?

Unfortunately under OrgLaw VII.5, only a member of the Cosa, a Senator, the King or the Secretary of State can submit legislative proposals. El Lex H.2.2 does allow all citizens to draft legislation, but it must be sponsored by one of this mentioned in OrgLaw.

Results of the 5th Clark of the 59th Cosa

RZ19 passed 100-0-92 in the Cosa, and 6-0-2 in the Senäts

The VoC passed 115-77

MC Nouacastra-Läxhirescu failed to vote for the second consecutive Clark and has lost his seats in the Cosa.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 20, 2024, 12:28:28 PMI added, "No votes for ineligible candidates shall be considered."  That way the SoS can't be forced to recuse by nominating him, but also can't receive any votes.

Are you suggesting then that whomever the SoS is at the time of a convocation, he/she cannot be selected?

Pardon my intrusion: I will be notifying the provinces shortly about the upcoming election and making sure each province gives me their preferences. Until then, no need to message me. I prefer all election discussions take place in public, with the exception of issues that only the Electoral Commission can address.

Thanks!

Yes, you never lost the right to use and display your arms. They are granted to you and your male heirs without condition.

-SVA/REH

Azul S:reu da Miéletz,

The Dean of the College, @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu will be following up with you on your request shortly.

Sir Txec dal Nordselva
Squirrel Viceroy of Arms / Rouge Elephant Herald

As we are now approaching the final Clark of the 59th Cosa, and pursuant to El Lex B.13.2., it falls to me as the Secretary of State to establish an Electoral Commission. The relevant portion of El. Lex is below:

QuoteThe Electoral Commission shall be comprised of one Uppermost Cort justice to be appointed by the Cort, one Senator whose term will not expire at the conclusion of the Cosa term to be appointed by the Mençei, and one member to be appointed by the King upon recommendation of the Seneschal, pursuant to the following subsections. The Secretary of State shall be a permanent ex officio member of the Commission, and shall not be entitled to a vote nor affect quorum.

Therefore, I ask @King John  in consultation with The Seneschal, @þerxh Sant-Enogat, the Mençei @Ian Plätschisch, and Chief Judge @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN appoint their chosen member.

As the next General Election is quickly approaching, I will need to consult with the EC to establish the rules of the election as soon as I can.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION BELOW IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.

Attention Citizens of Talossa!

The rules for the upcoming election are available here: http://www.talossa.ca/files/electionrules.php. These rules are an addition to Talossan law regarding elections, specifically OrgLaw Sections III,IV and V and Lexhatx title B. Be aware that not every detail of the law has been explicitly included in the rules so knowledge of the relevant laws might be useful.

The rules can also be found on the rules page of the database.

This thread serves to announce and inform Parties, Senatorial Candidates, King and Provinces about what needs to happen before the election and as a way for parties and candidates to register.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

1. Timetable (a month of recess has already been called so the below timetable will not change)

• 13 June, 2024 23:59 TST (-5 UTC) - Registration deadline Political Parties.
  
• 14 June, 2024 23:59 TST - Registration deadline Senatorial Candidates.
  
• 15 June, 2024, morning - Balloting Day, all citizens receive their ballots.
  
• 1 July, 2024 19:30 TST - Election deadline, results are announced.
  
• 14 July, 2024 - Certification deadline
  
• 30 July, 2024 - Party fee deadline to sit in the Cosa during the first Clark

2. Information for Parties
In the upcoming election the 200 seats of the 60th Cosa will be elected.

For a party to be able to obtain seats in the 60th Cosa two things need to happen.
1. You need to register with the Chancery. This needs to happen at least 24 hours before balloting day!

Registration should include:
* Full Party name
* Party Initials
* 50 word statement
* Party Leader(s)
* Candidate list (this is optional, but if no list is supplied only the party leader is allowed to receive seats (see Lex.b.2.3 for the full rules regarding party lists).
* Party platform URL (optional)

All of the above can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com. (Information can be updated at any time before the deadline, but the initial registration needs to include at least all the mandatory parts).
Candidate lists and Platform URLs can still be provided/updated the day before balloting day.

The Chancery has a list of approximately 51 citizen email addresses that parties can only contact via the Chancery. The Chancery will send out a maximum of TWO emails per party. If you are a party leader, please email the Chancery at talossachancery@gmail.com EXACTLY what you want sent out. Please allow 48 hours notice. The Chancery will email exactly what you send (no editing). The Chancery will not target specific citizens and will not send out more than one email per party per week.

2. You need to pay a fee. This needs to happen before assigning cosa seats.
The fee is 6¤40 ($10 USD) and needs to be paid to the Bürgermeister of Inland Revenue, Sir X. Pol Briga. Contact him to find out more about the best way to pay the fee. Parties can appear on the ballot before the fee has been paid.

3. Information regarding referenda statements (King + existing parties)
In addition, parties that currently hold cosa seats may provide a statement of up to 50 words for each referendum either in favour or against the bill.

In addition, the King may provide a 150 word statement for each amendment that was passed after the Ziu overruled an earlier objection.

This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossaChancery@gmail.com. Please do not wait until the last minute for this as they may have to be manually added to the ballot by the database admin

Current Referenda

• RZ6 - The Hand of the King Needs No Glove Puppet Amendment
• RZ21 - The 9 to 5 Amendment
• RZ22 - The Succession Amendment

4. Information for Senatorial Candidates
Three Senate seats will be contested during the upcoming elections: Fîovâ (3 cosa terms), Benito (3 cosa terms), and Maritiimi-Maxhestic (3 cosa terms)

Some of these will be conducted by the provinces themselves. Others will be conducted by the Chancery. A list will be included in this post with the most up to date information about which elections are conducted by the Chancery.

If elections are conducted by the Chancery, the election will use IRV and allow write-in candidates, but candidates do get the opportunity to be listed on the ballot. All you have to do to appear on the ballot is register with the Chancery. This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossaChancery@gmail.com.

In order to appear on the ballot you have to register before the start of the elections.

5. Information for Provinces
The Chancery provides the option for provinces to have their Senate and Assembly elections conducted by the Chancery. Additionally in the case of assembly elections, provinces may provide supplementary instructions to the voters (this could be a description of the relevant provincial law, whether to vote for a party or person, a list of provincially registered parties, etc). The Chancery requests that provincial representatives supply this information (what elections should be conducted, voting instructions) to the Chancery. I will also look at relevant provincial law and post a thread in each province asking for details. If no information is provided by the province (in whatever form) the default option will be to include an option for a provincial assembly vote, but NOT to conduct the senatorial election, as this requires an explicit request from the province.

6. Assembly elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.) - Pending confirmation by the provinces

• Atatürk - Election conducted by the Chancery.
  
• Benito - Election conducted by the Chancery. Instructions: "For the Benito Legislative Assembly, please vote for a party, or PRESENT if you wish to cast a null ballot."
  
• Cézembre - Election conducted by the province.
  
• Fîovâ - Election for the Prasidïeu conducted by the Chancery. Instructions: "Ranked choice voting, same as for Senators.
  
• Florencia - Election conducted by the Chancery. Instructions: "Vote for a party or vote "present""
  
• Maricopa - No election, all citizen can claim a seat in the Cabana.
  
• Maritiimi Maxhestic - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Provincial assembly during the election.
  
• Vuode - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Estats Xhenerais during the election.

7. Senate elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.)

• Fîovâ (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the Chancery.
  
• Benito (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the Chancery.
  
• Maritiimi-Maxhestic (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the Chancery.

Registration Status

Currently Declared Senate Candidates

• Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h, Fiova. Fee paid: No
• Ian Plätschisch, Maritiimi-Maxhestic. Fee paid: No
• Iason Taiwos, Benito. Fee paid: No

Currently Registered Parties

• Free Democrats of Talossa (FreeDems), party leader @Miestră Schivă, UrN. Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
• Civilian Outreach for Fun and Enjoyable Events (COFFEE), party leader @Bråneu Excelsio. Fee paid: No Cosa List: No
• The Independent Party (IND), party leader @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN . Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
• The Progressive Alliance (PROG), party leader @þerxh Sant-Enogat . Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
• Open Society (OPEN), party leader @Breneir Tzaracomprada . Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
• Partì da Reformaziun (PdR), party leader @Mic'haglh Autófil . Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
• The Independent Monarchist (DIEN), party leader @Munditenens Tresplet. Fee paid: No Cosa List: No

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION ABOVE IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.

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