Imperial Almanac

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Elected Officials

President: AHDuke99 (Ind-SC)

Vice-President: Matt from VT (Fed-VT)

At-Large Senators: Tmthforu94 (Fed-KS), Talleyrand (Lab-ME), Goldwater (Fed-DE), Mr. X (Lab-OH), Shua (D-R-VA)

Emperor: PiT (Fed-LA)

Imperial Speaker: SJoyce (Ind-FL)

Class A Legislators: Jbrase (DR-TX), Supersonic (Ind-TN), Scott (Pro-AR)

Class B Legislators: SJoyce (Ind-FL), Small L (D-R-TX)

Judicial Overlord (Magistrate) John Dibble (Fed-GA)

Special Prosecutor: Jbrase (D-R-TX)

Imperial Senator: North Carolina Yankee (Fed-NC)

Party abbreviations: Fed is the Federalist Party, D-R is the Democratic-Republican Party, Lab is the Labor Party, and Ind is Independent.


Government

The main organ of governance is the Legislature.  The Legislature is composed of five legislators.  From their number they select an Imperial Speaker, whose job is to guide the business of the Legislature.  In that body, bills are proposed, amended, and voted on.  Bills that pass the legislature are sent to the Emperor, the regional executive.  Bills he signs become law, while bills he vetoes are sent back to the Legislature.  The Emperor's veto may be overruled of four of the five Darths vote to do so.

The Imperial Dominion of the South also has a regional court.  The Judicial Overlord hears all cases brought before him by southerners.  In cases where the impartiality of the Judicial Overlord is impossible, the Emperor may appoint a temporary magistrate to rule in the stead of the JO.  If the Emperor fails to make such an appointment, the case must be appealed to the Federal Court.


Elections

The Emperor is charged with opening the election booth on the allotted day and closing it at the first instance of 11:59pm CST after the booth has been open for 60 hours.  To be listed on the ballot, one must have declared their candidacy before noon CST the day before the election is scheduled to begin.  A ballot is rendered in valid if it is edited an hour after being posted, if the voter is unregistered with the Atlasian Registrar General, if the voter posts multiple times within the thread, or if the voters intent is unclear. 

Elected officials within the Imperial Dominion of the South are elected to two month terms.  The Emperor is elected on the months of April, August, and December.  The legislative seats are divided into two classes. Class A seats, of which there are three, are elected in all odd numbered months of January, March, May, July, September, and November.  Class B seats, of which there are two, are elected in all even months: February, April, June, August, October, and December.

The Imperial Senator is elected to a four month term in the months of February, June, and October.  All rules stated in the first paragraph apply to the Imperial Senator, subject to changes by the Federal Government.

Barring any resignations, the next election to the Class A Legislative seats will be July 19; the next election to the Class B Legislative seats will be June 21; and the next election for Emperor will be August 16.


Regional Registration and Affiliation

The Imperial Dominion of the South maintains its own Census Bureau.  Citizens may register themselves under regional parties.  These parties have no bearing on national affiliation, though regional and national parties may of course come to agreements not recorded in the Census Bureau.

Unique to the South is the concept of Imperial Houses.  Houses are groupings of Emperors based on the seals they use.  To establish a new House, the Emperor must create a seal of his own, and have it approved by the legislature.  If the Legislature fails to approve his seal, he must use the seal of his predecessor, thus joining his house, or become a lame-duck Emperor.

Citizens may utilize the Census Bureau to show their support for a house by registering regionally under the name of that house.  Likewise, registration of houses that have not been officially created are usually considered a "signal of intent" from that citizen.


Legislative Docket

Texts can be seen here.

Slot 1 (General)
Amendment to the Omnibus Maintenance Bill
Sponsor: Small L

Slot 2 (General)
The Safe Roads Act
Sponsor: SJoyce

Slot 3 (Emergency)
IDS Airport Renaming Act of 2014
Sponsor: SJoyce

Queue:
-Updating Our Criminal Statutes Act
-School Vouchers Bill
-Three Strikes Bill
-Bill Respecting the Will of The People
-Public Bank Act of 2014
-Appointment List Bill
-Militia Consolidation Bill
-Housing First Act
-Amendment to Rules and Procedures

References

Our Constitution
Our Law
Imperial Dominion of the South Wiki
Imperial Legislature
Legislation Introduction Thread
Office of the Emperor
Voter Roll

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Could somebody point me to the exact electoral procedure we use in the South ? If it is the same as the federal one, could you still point it to me ? I'm not really used to this single transferable vote procedure, and there are many variants of it, so I would like to know which one we are using.

I believe it's IR-STV, so yeah, it's the same as the federal one.