Supreme Court of Atlasia
Nyman, DC
evergreen v. rpryor
Opinion of the Court.
(Junior Associate Justice Windjammer delivered the opinion of the Court.)
After consideration of the submitted briefs and the facts of the case, the Court has come to a unanimous decision.
The Fourth Constitution states:
While many provisions of the Third Constitution are still in effect, Art.X S.2 makes it clear that the regional committee elections are [to be conducted according to regulations set forth in the Fourth Constitution and the existing body of law.
A key piece of the question before the Court is who is an eligible voter in the elections during the transition period from the Third Constitution to the Fourth Constitution. Since the election is to be conducted in accordance with the regulations set forth in the Fourth Constitution, we must examine its statement concerning who is an eligible voter:
According to the Fourth constitution, only 2 reasons exist that can invalidate a vote cast by a registered voter:
-the voter registered on the atlas forum less than 168 hours before the beginning of the election,
-requirements for activity that may have been established by law
Thus, since the election was held in accordance with the procedures given in the Fourth Constitution, the definition of voter eligibility described in the Fourth Constitution must be used.
The Court notes that the Fourth Constitution does also state that the election is to be held in accordance with the existing body of law, which includes the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act which says
Since 2006, activity requirement has been defined as a minimum number of posts in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of an election, (and since 2012 as a minimum of 10 posts in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of an election). While the Court recognizes that the activity requirements described in the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act are still in effect, those regulations do not pertain to the dispute in question in this case; citizens evergreen and dkrolga registered on the atlas forum more than 168 hours and posted at least 10 times prior to the commencement of the regional committee election.
Thus, the Court finds that the votes cast by Evergreen and Dkrolga in the regional committee election were validly cast and the Court hereby orders Sec. RPryor to count the ballots in question as valid.The Supreme Court would like to thank evergreen and rpryor for their full cooperation and their rapidity of posting their brief.
