Attention Regional Executives: An Amendment has passed the Senate!

[Lumine]

Ladies and gentlemen, the GM Independence Amendment has passed the Senate and is now sent to the regions for the public to decide.

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[Poirot]

A bit of bad timing to ask questions because of the presidential election but I wanted to know some things.

There was a question about the GM term, if it ends with a new President or not. Is there a clear answer to that, when a new President arrives does he name his GM pick or the current GM stays in place.

The two thirds vote needed to remove the GM, the two thirs is equal to what exactly. Always two thirds of 10, or sitting Senators, or voting Senators? Do absentions count or not for the two thirds total.

I'm trying to evaluate how many votes it takes to remove in different scenarios (like if there are 9 sitting senators and 2 are not voting)

Maybe it is the same vote count rules as regular senate rules so maybe I could be linked to that.   

[Poirot]

I was not sold on that amendment from the start, I have asked questions to better understand the implications of this proposal. I'm cautious of rubber stamping decisions if there is no effort to explain exactly what they are. If I have question marks when I need to vote, as an uninformed citizen I will vote no.   

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A GM doesn't need to be reconfirmed with a new administration. I'm not sure about the answer to the other questions, but I imagine it's a two-thirds vote of the full Senate (7 unless there are vacancies).

[bore]

Yeah, shua's right.

I think it's fairly safe to assume that 2/3rd is 7 unless there are vacancies, in which case it's lower. Even if that's not the case though, the proposed amendment does not change that part of the text, so the ambiguity is a problem even if the amendment doesn't pass.