Unified Electoral Code Bill

[Peter]

I would like to propose an amendment to this bill:

Section 4 Clause 3 is struck and Section 4 Clause 1 is hereby struck and replaced with:

Senatorial Vote

The Senate shall vote to break the tie under quorum rules, with the Vice President casting a deciding vote as necessary.

Two things to note here: Any significant amendment of Section 4 will have an impact on Clause 4 of that Section. Also, the removal of the number guessing option will render Section 11 redundant, so that should be removed also.

[Peter]

Section 4: Sudden Death Tie Breaking

If Section 3 fails to yield a winner then candidates shall have the option of using one of the following methods to break the tie:

1. Senatorial Vote

The Senate shall vote to break the tie under quorum rules, with the Vice President casting a deciding vote as necessary.

2. Term Splitting

The candidates in the tie shall agree upon a schedule according to which the candidates shall divide the term among themselves. The schedule shall be allowed to be whatever the candidates agree upon, provided that its total length does not exceed the term to which a candidate would have been elected to had he won in his own right.

4. Failure to Agree

If within one week of the necessity of Sudden Death Tie Breaking being known, the candidates have not agreed on a method to break the tie, then the method described in Clause 3 shall be used to break the tie.

Section 4 presently stands as above. I'm not so bothered about the last section being numbered 4 (and I think that SPRs might have automatically renumbered it anyway), I am bothered that Clause 3 no longer exists, or that it will be self referring.

[Peter]

Section 4 Clause 3 is still self-referring.

[Peter]

I wish to thank the Senate, the Vice President and the President for ensuring that this Bill entered Law before the beginning of the midterm elections.