October 2017 Federalist Party Convention

I propose the following amendment.

Amendment #1:

I. Membership
1. Eligibility. All members registered as Federalists with the Registrar General shall be granted membership in the Federalist Party. Only members registered 72 in the Federalist party after the convention begins may vote in party primaries.
2. Expulsion. A member may be expelled from the party by majority vote if that member behaves in such a way as to the detriment of the party. Requests for an expulsion vote must be seconded.

II. Leadership
1. Leadership positions. The national party leadership shall consist of three officers: chair, vice chair, and secretary. All members holding these offices must be registered members of the Federalist Party of Atlasia.
2. The Chair. The chair shall be the executive leader and chief spokesperson of the party, as well as oversee all GOTV efforts.
3. The Vice Chair. The vice chair shall assist the chair in providing executive leadership. The vice chair shall become chair in the event of a vacancy. The vice chair shall also serve as the chair of the convention.
4. The Secretary. The secretary shall be responsible for maintaining an up-to-date list of all party members and maintaining a calendar of events for the party. These events may include, but are not limited to, leadership elections, primaries and endorsement deadlines, and national conventions. The secretary is appointed by the chair to serve a four month term bracketed by leadership elections.
5. Leadership Elections. The chair and vice chair shall be elected every four months. These elections shall be run concurrently for three (3) days in February, June, and October. Leadership elections for the chair and vice chair shall occur after party members have had ample time to declare their interest in a position. The elections shall occur by public instant-runoff vote (IRV).
6. Leadership Vacancies. Vacancies may be deemed to have occurred if party leaders resign, lose the confidence of the party by majority vote, or have not posted within the Atlasia sub-boards for two (2) weeks or more. In the event of a vacancy in the office of secretary, the chair shall appoint another member to the office. In the event of a vacancy in the office of vice chair, members shall have ample time to declare their intention to run for the vacant position. After that time, the chair shall hold an IRV election for the vice chair position, to last three (3) days. In the event of a vacancy in the office of chair, the vice chair shall become chair of the Federalist Party, unless he wishes to remain in his current position. In that case, an election for chair will be held.
7. Succession Snafus. In emergency situations where both the chair and vice chair positions are vacant, the secretary shall be responsible for running concurrent elections for both offices. In the event that all leadership positions are vacant, the most senior member of the Federalist caucus in the senate shall have the authority to run leadership elections. If there is no Federalist senator, this responsibility shall fall to the most senior Federalist regional executive.
8. Regional Chair. At his or her discretion, the chair may appoint up to one regional chair per region for the purposes of laser-targeting, recruitment, get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operations and other party activities. Regional chair will also have the authority to run endorsement votes for elections in their region.

III. Endorsements and Primaries
1. Endorsing non-Federalist candidates. If numbers permit the Federalist Party to endorse non-member candidates, candidates seeking the party’s endorsement can submit their names for consideration in the Federalist Party’s main thread or at a party convention. Alternatively, Federalist Party members may move to endorse candidates from other parties. An endorsement vote shall thereafter be held, the logistics of which shall be at the discretion of the party executive. The party shall not be required to endorse any non-Federalist candidates. The number of non-Federalists endorsed by the party must not conflict with the maximum candidates endorsed in a given race, as stipulated in section III, subsections 2-7.
2. Regional legislature elections. All Federalist candidates running for regional legislature positions shall automatically receive the endorsement of the Federalist Party. If the total number of open seats in a regional election is larger than the number of declared Federalist candidates on the first Friday prior to the vote, the party may endorse candidates from non-Federalist Parties. The number of non-Federalist candidates endorsed will reflect the difference between the number of Federalist candidates and the number of available seats.
3. Currently, a maximum of five candidates may be endorsed for the House of Representatives. If the Federalist Party has more than this number of incumbent representatives seeking re-election, each of the incumbents may still receive the endorsement of the party. If, on the first Friday prior to the election, the number of declared Federalist candidates is equal to or less than the maximum number of endorsements, no primary election shall be held and those candidates shall automatically receive the endorsement of the Federalist Party. Any Federalist candidates entering the race after this time shall not enjoy the party’s official endorsement. If, on the first Friday prior to the election, the number of declared Federalists is larger than the maximum number of Federalist endorsements, a primary election shall be held. The election shall run for three (3) days and shall be decided by public IRV. If the number of declared Federalist candidates is less than the maximum number of endorsements, non-Federalists may receive these remaining endorsements.
4. Regional executive elections. In elections for the office of regional executive, only one candidate in each region shall receive the party’s endorsement. If, the first Friday prior to the regional election, only one Federalist candidate has declared for a given position, no primary election shall be held and that candidate shall automatically receive the endorsement of the Federalist Party. If more than one Federalist candidate has declared their intention to run, a primary election shall be held. This election shall run for three (3) days and shall be decided by public IRV. If no Federalist candidate has declared, one non-Federalist may be endorsed.
5. Regional Senate elections. Federalist endorsements in regional senate elections shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see section III, subsection 4).
6. Special elections to the Senate or House of Representatives. Federalist endorsements in special elections to the senate shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see section III, subsection 4), the only difference being that Federalist candidates must declare within a reasonable time of the notice of vacancy. If more than one position is up for election, the party will offer a corresponding number of endorsements.
7. Secondary endorsements. At the discretion of the party chair, the party may run elections giving “second preference endorsements” (or similar) to non-Federalist candidates.
8. Revoking endorsements. The Federalist Party may revoke endorsements if a motion is presented with a second and is then passed by a majority vote.

IV. Conventions
1. Timing. A convention shall be called by the chair three (3) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled presidential election. Conventions may deviate from this timeline in emergency situations.
2. Location. It shall be at the discretion of the party chair and vice chair to determine the location of the Federalist Party’s convention.
3. By-law and platform amendments. At the start of each convention, the chair shall appoint two committees: platform and bylaws. These committees shall be responsible for reviewing the platform and bylaws and proposing amendments to them. After they have presented, the convention as a whole will debate the changes and may also offer new amendments.These amendments shall be adopted if they pass with a majority vote. The duration of said votes shall be determined at the discretion of the party executive.
4. Leadership elections and non-confidence motions. Leadership elections may occur during a national convention. Additionally, a member of the party may call for a vote of non-confidence in the leadership of either the chair or vice chair. If the vote receives a majority, the relevant position shall become vacant.
5. Endorsements and Primaries. Primaries and endorsement votes may occur during conventions.

V. General
1. Concurrent ballots. Intra-party elections may run concurrently on the same ballot for purposes of efficiency.

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