That's moving stuff around, to make it all easier to read. Here ya go:
This is the Constitution with the addition of the First Amendment:
The Official Constitution of the Midwest Region, Written by Paul Brunsel
Preamble:
We the people of the Midwestern Region, in order to form a more perfect region, establish justice to ensure regional tranquility. Provide for the common good and promote the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity to ordain and establish this constitution of the Midwestern Region.
Section I: The Governorship
Article I: Governor Thing 1 (I'll get a title for this eventually!)
I: Elections will be held in the months of April, August, and December.
II: Gubernatorial elections will be held on the second to last Friday of the month, with the exception of December, where the election will be held on the second Friday of that month, and last until the following Sunday.
III: If there is a vacancy in the governor's position there will be a special election held.
Section II: Election Procedure
I: The election will be administered by the federal Secretary of Forum Affairs, or the Chief Justice of the federal Supreme Court, according to the wishes of the Governor. If the Governor does not choose, the election will be held by the federal Secretary of Forum Affairs.
II: The filing deadline to be placed on the ballot for the office of Governor will be 24 hours before the election is to begin.
III: Polls will open Friday morning at 12:00am midnight, Central Time, and close at 12:00am midnight on Monday morning, Central Time. The elections will be administered by the rules set forth in Section I, Article II, Clause IV.
IV: The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV). No write-in candidates will be accepted. You must preference all candidates. If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out. If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.
V: The governor-elect will be sworn in the following Thursday of their election by the Chief Justice of the federal Supreme Court. If the Justice of the federal Supreme Court is not present or has been elected Governor, the Governor-elect is given the permission to swear themselves in.
VI: If the final preference count is tied, then the provisional ballots from people who had one error with their ballot will be counted as normal ballots. If that is tied, then the winner is determined by the candidate who recieved the most first place votes. If that is tied, then the winner is determined by an instant runoff between the tied candidates. If that is also tied, then the winner is determined by a majority vote of Senators representing states in the Midwest region that have registered voters residing within them. If that is tied, then one of the votes is randomly discarded by an impartial judge (that judge to be decided by the Senatorial panel). If it manages to be tied after that, votes are randomly discarded until it is no longer a tie.
Article II: The Powers of the Governor
I: The administrative authority of the Midwestern Region will hereby be administered by the Governor of the Midwestern Region.
II: The governor is allowed to appoint a Lieutenant Governor if it is wished by the governor to have that specific post.
III: The Governor may propose any proposition that does not contradict the Regional (unless it is an amendment) or Federal Constitution and shall be voted on by the people in the closest election following the proposal.
IV: The governor is given the power to veto any Proposition that does not have 60% of the vote from the people of the Midwestern Region.
Section II: Propositions
I: Propositions shall be law, regulations, and or state constitutional amendments voted on by the people of the Midwest Region during General and Mid-Term elections
II: Propositions may be submitted by the governor or by citizens of the Midwestern region via petition.
III: For a proposition to be passed and brought before the governor, it must receive more than 50% of the vote by those who show up to vote.
Section III: Petitions
I: A petition must be in the form of a thread to be recognized by the governor.
II: A petition must have 3 or more signatures to get on the ballot.
III: The 3 or more signatures must come within the first two weeks of a petition existence for it to be put on the ballot.
Section IV: The Passing of the Constitution
I: The citizens of the Midwestern Region shall follow the rules and regulations put forth by this Constitution once it is passed.
II: The Constitution must be signed by 5 citizens of the Midwest for it to be ratified.
I think I'm forgetting something!
(Oh, and if you have any problems with the constitution, or anything, feel free to propose something... you'd be the first Midwestern resident besides me to do so
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