Electoral Reform Act 2018
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Act 47
In accordance with the Supreme Directive of the Empire of Adammia, on the authority of the Ruling Council and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, this following Act of Council is hereby enacted, with the purpose of reforming Adammic electoral law to make it more robust and more fair.
Section 1
- a) For the purposes of this Act, “election” means a National Election, Local Election or an election to the posts of Delegate of the Colonies or Delegate of Abroad Citizens.
Section 2
- a) In giving Imperial Consent to this Act of Council, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor agrees to propose a referendum on an amendment to the Supreme Directive, in accordance with Article II Section 2 of the Supreme Directive, on the matter of replacing the first-past-the-post voting system used in elections with the instant-runoff voting system, also known as the alternative vote.
- b) In drafting the proposed constitutional amendment, the Emperor shall outline the technicalities for how instant-runoff voting results shall be calculated.
Section 3
- a) It is an offence of personation to pretend to be another person, living, dead or fictitious, for the purposes of voting in an election.
- b) It is an offence to vote more than once in any given election.
- c) It is an offence of bribery to offer any voter in an election any kind of asset in order to influence them to vote for any candidate, or to not vote, in that election.
- d) It is an offence to knowingly provide false information on a candidate nomination form.
- e) If a court finds a person guilty of committing any of the offences described in this section:
- i) The court may order that person to pay a fine of up to £30 to His Majesty's Imperial Treasury;
- ii) If the court believes that the offence made a significant impact on the election result, the court may also order that the result of the election related to the offence is null and void, and the Office of State should re-run the election as soon as possible.
Section 4
- a) All persons involved in counting ballots to determine the result of an election should be approved by the Office of State.
- b) When the result of an election has determined, the Chancellor shall sign a declaration of the election result. The winner of the election takes up the office to which the election relates only when this declaration has been signed.
Written and tabled by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Adam I: Adamus Primus Imperator
AYES: 7
NOES: 1
PASSED
Signed,
Adamus Primus Imperator
6th June 2018 23:34
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