FT 11-07: Vacancies Act (Passed)

Finally.

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AN ACT
to reform systems and procedures for resolving parliamentary vacancies

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Section 1 (Title & definitions)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, the "Parliamentary Vacancies and By-Elections Act of 2019." It may be cited as the "Vacancies Act," or as "PARVA."
ii. For the purposes of this legislation, "vacancy" shall refer to any instance when the number of members sitting in parliament shall be reduced from the number chosen in the last election, as a result of the death, recall, or resignation of one or more members.
iii. For the purposes of this legislation, "by-election" shall refer to an election called ~~by the first minister~~ in consequence of a parliamentary vacancy (or vacancies) to chose one or more members of parliament, and which does not accompany the dissolution of parliament itself.
iv. For the purposes of this legislation, "member serving ad interim" shall refer to any person appointed in accordance with Article I§8 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont, who has not been returned for the remainder of the existing term as the result of a by-election.

Section 2 (Resolution of vacancies)
i. Whenever a vacancy should occur in the composition of parliament, the first minister of Frémont shall appoint an eligible person to assume the vacated seat ad interim. They so appointed shall serve until a by-election, called under the provisions of this Act, shall be held, or until the seating of the next parliament, whichever should first transpire.

Section 3 (By-elections)
i. Parliamentary by-elections shall proceed according to the regularly-established provisions for the election of members of parliament, except as otherwise provided by this legislation.
ii. Whenever a by-election shall be required to chose a member or members of parliament for a seat or seats previously vacated, such election shall proceed at 12:00:00 am (Eastern Standard Time) on the penultimate Friday of the month, and continue for seventy-two hours thereafter; but no by-election shall proceed which should begin on the same day as shall be appointed, by Law, by decree of parliament, or by writs issued by the first minister, for the commencement of a general election.
iii. The number of members to be chosen at the by-election mandated by §3(i) of this Act shall be equal to the number of vacancies which should occur before 12:00:00 am (Eastern Standard Time) on the Wednesday preceding it.
iv. However many members shall be chosen at a given by-election, so each shall be chosen separately; such that the voting for every seat to be chosen shall be conducted as a separate ballot from every other proceeding on that day.

In accordance with this new legislation, the election for YE's seat shall be held July 19-21.

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