Referendum : all citizens of Cézembre to vote before Sunday May 26th, noon CET

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

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MODIFICATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION : REFERENDUM FOR ALL CITIZENS OF THE SOVEREIGN PROVINCE OF CEZEMBRE

WHEREAS a majority of 2/3 of l'Etats voted in favour of a change in the nomination of the Members of l'Etats, stating that any Citizen of Cézembre can at any time claim a seat in our Provincial Assembly, without the need for an election

WHEREAS a majority of 2/3 of l'Etats voted in favour of a change in the election process of the Lord Warden, stating that the Election of our Senator will be organised by the National Chancery

WHEREAS Article 21 of our Constitution requires that these changes are approved by a referendum of the people, attaining the majority of those who vote

I, þerxh Sant-Enogat, Sénéchal of Cézembre, hereby submit the following modified constitution to the Citizens of Cézembre.

Please indicate in the below thread if you vote PER, CONTRA, or ABSTAIN, before Sunday May 26th, noon CET / CéST (@458 Beats]

Chapter I - The State

Article 1. The Sovereign Province of Cézembre is an autonomous and self-governing member of the federal Talossan nation and pledges eternal allegiance to His Royal Majesty, and the Regipäts Talossan.

Article 2. The name of the state is la Provinçù Soveran da Cézembre. In English, it is the Sovereign Province of Cézembre.

Article 3. The sacred and irremovable territory of the Sovereign Province of Cézembre shall consist of the cantons of the Zone Autorisée and the the Zone Interdite.

Article 4. The capital of the Province is Kingsland, that portion of the Zone Interdite liberated by King Robert I.

Article 5. The sole historic and national language of the entire Talossan people, and therefore of the Cézembrian Province, is the Talossan language (El Glheþ Talossan). The Cézembrian government shall also recognise English and French as useful working second languages, and may adopt tertiary working languages by law.

Article 6. Provincial flag shall be blazoned as follows: Sable four bars argent, on a canton argent eleven ermine-spots sable four, three, and four.

Chapter II- L'Etats de Cézembre

Article 7. Legislative power in the Sovereign Province of Cézembre is invested in l'Etats de Cézembre. l'Etats shall consist of a variable number of seats, assigned based upon request by citizens of Cézembre. Seats in l'Etats de Cézembre can only be requested by citizens of Cézembre. Citizens may represent more than one seat by proxy, but no more than two additional proxy seats. One seat cannot be divided among nor assigned to more than one citizen.

Article 8. There are no elections to l'Etats, as it is an ongoing body of representatives within Cézembre.  The Sénéchal (or the Governor Général in case the Sénéchal has been absent for more than one week) shall receive written requests for seats in l'Etats by citizens.  After confirmation of credentials of citizenship, those making a request shall be provided a seat in l'Etats.  In turn, the citizen that is seated may extend a proxy for their seat to another seated citizen within l'Etats who does not yet have two proxies held.  A proxy extended must be accepted by a seated member in writing, who shall have full control of that seat until such time the citizen extending the proxy retracts the assignment.  Should a person issuing a proxy to a seat later renounce or be removed from citizenship, the proxy is automatically retracted.

Article 9. The number of seats in l'Etats may not exceed the population of the Province of Cézembre. There will be no vacant seats in the assembly, as they either held by active members, or extended to active members by proxy.  Citizens retain the right of association with any organization that they choose, but their votes from seats in l'Etats de Cézembre are held in their name either by right or by proxy, and are not held by parties, associations, consortiums, corporations, or other organizations.

Article 10. L'Etats shall have power to pass any bill into law by a simple majority vote of its Voting Members. Le Sénéchal shall send out a notification of voting period, of at least seven days. Each member shall have a prescribed amount of time in which to cast his vote (by email, telephone or forum post) before voting closes

Chapter III- Le Sénéchal

Article 11. Le Sénéchal shall be the elected leader of Cezembre. Le Sénéchal shall have the power to issue proclamations which have the force of law. These proclamations may be appealed or amended as regular laws. These proclamations may not act as acts of attainders or any activity prohibited by the Organic Law (with regards to Prime Dictats). These proclamations must be counter-signed by the Governor-General (or the King, in case of, by lack of appointment or by long-term absence, a Governor-General).

Article 12. The Sénéchal may appoint a deputy Sénéchal. The deputy may act in name of the Sénéchal when instructed by the Sénéchal to do so or whenever the Sénéchal is absent for a long period, in which case all duties of the Sénéchal will be temporarily taken over by the deputy.

Article 13. A Sénéchal shall be elected, by the citizens of Cezembre, in an election conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent, in the event there is no incumbent Sénéchal or the Sénéchal is inactive for more than a week, the Governor-General or his appointed agent. All citizens of Cézembre have the right to vote and/or be a candidate in this election.

Article 14. Elections as described by article 13 will take, no less and no longer than 3 weeks. Cézembrians must announce their candidacy in the first week of the election and polls shall open on the first day of the 2nd week and close on the last day of the third week.

Article 15. Elections, as described in articles 13 and 14 will start no earlier than one week and no later than two weeks after the election deadline of Talossan general elections or after a resolution has been approved by a majority of the l'Etats de Cézembre removing the previous Sénéchal or should the Sénéchal, resign, die or be unable to fulfill his duties for any reason."

Chapter IV- The Governor-General

Article 16. The Governor-General is the representative of the King of Talossa, and as such, shall have veto power over all laws of l'Etats. This veto may be overturned by a two third vote of l'Etats. The Governor-General is appointed by the King pursuant to the Organic Law.

Chapter V- The Lord Warden

Article 17. Cézembre's delegate to the Senäts shall be known within the Province as the Lord Warden or Lady Warden, as preferred by the Senator. The Sénéchal de Cézembre will request the National Chancery in writing and in good time to conduct the Senator election in accordance with National Law.

Chapter VI- Distribution of Power

Article 18. So that no conflict of interest may occur, and no hostile attempt to take over the province may succeed, no citizen may simultaneously hold the post of Sénéchal or Lord Warden alongside the post of Governor-General without a resolution of l'Etats expressly permitting this combination. The posts of Sénéchal and Lord Warden may be held simultaneously.

Chapter VII- Justice

Article 19. The Cort pü Inalt shall have original jurisdiction to try all cases arising under Cézembrian law.

Article 20. The Cort pü Inalt shall have full jurisdiction to rule on all legal matters within the province, supplemented by whatever inferior courts shall be determined by national statute.

Chapter VIII- Amendments

Article 21. This Constitution may be altered by a resolution of two third or more of l'Etats, which must be passed into approval by a referendum of the people, attaining the majority of those who vote, and proclaimed by the Governor-General.

Chapter IX- Ratification

Article 22. We, the people of Cezembre, do hereby endorse this constitution for the government of our great Province and do therefore ordain it to be the highest law of our land!

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

After reading through this (mostly skimmed) I vote per.

[Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN]

@þerxh Sant-Enogat: Has this notification been sent to all citizens of Cézembre, preferably by email? As a polite reminder, not all citizens of our fair province are on Witt or check Witt regularly and thus, may not see this notification in time or more worryingly, not see it at all. 

@xpb has a great setup from having run previous elections with the citizenry of Cézembre, so it might be worth checking in with him about how to notify all Cézembreans/ run these referendums. 

[xpb]

I think all but very recent immigrants are in electionbuddy.com

@þerxh Sant-Enogat: Has this notification been sent to all citizens of Cézembre, preferably by email? As a polite reminder, not all citizens of our fair province are on Witt or check Witt regularly and thus, may not see this notification in time or more worryingly, not see it at all.

@xpb has a great setup from having run previous elections with the citizenry of Cézembre, so it might be worth checking in with him about how to notify all Cézembreans/ run these referendums.

I think all but very recent immigrants are in electionbuddy.com

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

All citizens of Cézembre have just received by e-mail an invitation from Sovereign Province of Czembre to vote through electionbuddy /

You can either vote below in the thread or vote with the ballot you will receive by mail. If you vote both ways, the vote from electionbuddy will be the vote which will be taken into account.

@Ian da Bitour @anglatzara  @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN @Barclamïu da Miéletz @Knobloch @Alexandreu Mitxeu Hårleu Furxheir @Ián Tamorán S.H. @Glüc da Dhi S.H. @owenedwards @xpb

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

I vote PER

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

After reading through this (mostly skimmed) I vote per.

Since I voted through ElectionBuddy my vote through this threat is now invalid.

[xpb]

voted with Electonbuddy

[owenedwards]

Per

[anglatzara]

Voted in ElectionBuddy.

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

Some hours left for the vote !

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

Referendum is now over !
8 votes on Electionbuddy, 1 vote on Wittenberg (not a duplicate with Electionbuddy), total 9 votes.
Out of 16 active citizens in the Province, this means a 56% participation rate.
7 votes PER on Electionbuddy + 1 vote PER on Wittenberg = total 8 votes PER
1 vote CONTRA on Electionbuddy = total 1 vote CONTRA
With 8 votes PER out of 9 expressed votes, Referendum is passed with the required majority of voters.
The new Constitution of the Sovereign Province of Cézembre is therefore adopted.
Thanks to all voters !
According to the new constitution, all citizens of the Province of Cézembre can from now on claim a seat in our Provincial Assemble "L'Etats". I start a new thread dedicated to these requests, and a page on TalossaWiki to keep a log of all updates in the composition of l'Etats.