Along with our Lt. Gov. election this weekend, we'll also hold our monthly initiative voting.
I'll let this thread be for citizens to post their proposals. A proposed initiative must have three signatures or the signature of the governor to make it to the ballot.
This is not correct. It was true for a while that the governor's signature could substitute for the three citizen signatures. It happened here:
Constitutional Amendment: Reduction of Necessary Signatures for Proposing Initiatives
Article II, Section I, Clause 1, clause (b) of the constitution shall be stricken and replaced with the following:
(b) For an initiative to be considered by the Regional Assembly it must (1) Be introduced by a citizen of the Southeast along with the signed petition of three citizens, (2) Be directly proposed by the Southeast Governor, or (3) Be introduced by a citizen of the Southeast and signed by the Southeast Governor.
And passed:
By a vote of 9-1, this constitutional amendment has passed and shall come into effect imediately.
But then, this was proposed:
I'm sorry that I didn't see this before. Voting will now commence on the following initiative:
Amendment to Restore the Previous Lawmaking Process
(1) Article II, Section I of the constitution shall be stricken and replaced with the following:
1. The Citizens of the Southeastern Region shall have the right to petition their government to gain access to the ballot for any issue. Such a petition shall have at least three signatures of registered Southeastern voters in order to be added to the ballot at the next Initiative election. Initiative elections should be held on the third weekend of each month beginning within 12 hours after midnight Central time on Friday morning and ending at 11:59pm Central time on the following Sunday night. Initiatives that receive a tie vote shall be voted upon again in the next Initiative election without the need to be reproposed. Every initiative shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title. However, the Governor, or 35% of the citizens of the Southeastern Region in a petition may declare a certain initiative to be of emergency character. When that happens, said initiative shall be put to vote in the 24 hours after emergency status has been atributed to it. The voting shall last the regular voting period.
(2) Article I, Section VI shall be stricken and replaced with the following:
The Primary responsibility of the Governor shall be to work with the regional Senators and the Forum President to ensure that the rights, liberties, and interests of southeastern citizens are protected. The Governor shall have the authority to propose any Initative, which shall be voted upon at the next Initiative election.
(3) Article I, Section XI shall be stricken and replaced with the following:
The Governor may nominate a Magistrate subject to approval by the majority of voters at the next election at which an initiative could be voted on.
And was declared passed:
The motion passes. This assembly is dissolved.
So you either have to post these initiatives or they have to have three signatures.
