NOTICE: This Amemdment is a Proposal. It has not been signed into law yet and awaits a referendum from the general public.

Preamble

A Constitutional Amendment to reform the Electoral System in order to expedite the democratic process and resolve ambiguity or contradictions.

Article I: Electoral Reform

Section I: Terms of Office

1. The Term Length of the role of Prime Minister shall henceforth no longer exceed three months.
   1. The Term Length of the role of Mayor of a City shall remain as two months.
2. Any Individual who has served more than two (2) Terms as Prime Minister is to be considered ineligible for the role of Prime Minister.
   1. Any Individual ineligible for the role of Prime Minister shall also be ineligible for the role of Leader of the Political Party they are a member of.
3. Any Individual who has started their Term as Mayor, Council Leader, or Prime Minister is considered to have finished their Term when one of the following conditions have been met:
   1. When the Term’s Statuatory or Constitutional Length has been reached;
   2. When they voluntarily resign from their position;
   3. When the Monarch exercises their power to remove them from office;
   4. When they fail a Vote of Confidence or Vote of No Confidence;
   5. When they die or are otherwise discharged from their Constitutional and/or Statuatory duties for medical reasons;
   6. When they otherwise fail to continue their Constitutional or Statuatory duties for longer than sixty (60) days.
4. Any Individual, before starting their Term as Mayor, Council Leader, or Prime Minister, is required to swear an Oath of Office.
   1. The Oath of Office will require the Individual to pledge allegiance to the Monarch, the People, and the Country.
   2. The Term is considered to start on the day that the Individual swears their Oath of Office.

Section II: Eligibility Criteria

1. All Individuals who have lived in, worked at, or otherwise have permanently stayed in the Country for longer than six months are to be considered Residents.
   1. All Residents are to be considered eligible for Citizenship, provided no other disqualifiers for Citizenship apply.
   2. All Residents have the same rights (as stated under Article II of the Constitution) as Citizens.
2. All Individuals are permitted to vote up to once in each Election.

Section III: Referendums

1. A Referendum is defined as a poll conducted via electronic communication that is used to perform democratic checks and balances by the People of the Country.
   1. Any Resident or Citizen of the Country is considered eligible to Vote in a Referendum.
   2. A “majority”, in the context of a Referendum presenting a yes-or-no question, is defined as a result within which there are more affirmative Votes than not.
2. The Monarch must hold a Referendum where required by Constitutional or Statuatory Law.
   1. The Monarch is not permitted to prevent in any way a Referendum from occurring.
   2. The Monarch is not permitted to overrule the outcome of a Referendum, except in the case of a tie, in which case the Monarch must break the tie.
3. A Referendum may only be ended by the Monarch, however, a Referendum must last at least two (2) days.
   1. A Referendum may be ended by the Prime Minister if the Monarch is incapacitated.
      1. If the Prime Minister is also incapacitated, Parliament may Vote on whether to end the Referendum.
   2. A Referendum can only be ended if at least three Votes have been cast.
4. If the Monarch believes it to be in the interest of the People, they may declare a Referendum to be open-access, i.e any Individual of any Nation may Vote.
   1. There must be no restrictions placed on who may Vote in an open-access Referendum.
   2. If a Referendum concludes and the Monarch believes the open-access nature of the Referendum has caused disruption to the democratic process, they may call all Votes from non-Residents and non-Citizens to be recalled.
5. No Individual shall Vote more than once in a Referendum.

Section IV: Electoral Register

1. The Home Office is to be tasked with keeping an Electoral Register keeping track of all Citizens and Residents who intend to vote in Elections.
   1. The Home Office must not charge money for the process of placing an Individual onto the Electoral Register.
   2. The Home Office is permitted to sell private copies of the Electoral Register to organisations that have legitimate uses for the data, e.g financial institutions.
   3. The Electoral Register must not be accessible to the general public.
2. Any Citizen who is not on the Electoral Register is ineligible to vote in Elections.
3. The Home Office must only keep Data in the Electoral Register if it is relevant to the process of voting in Elections and to verifying an Individual’s identity.
   1. The Electoral Register must not keep any biometric Data.
4. Any Individual is permitted to request a copy of their personal Data in the Electoral Register.
   1. Unless the Home Office believes beyond a reasonable doubt that the request is fraudulent, it must comply with the request.
5. Any Individual who is no longer intends to vote may request to be struck off the Electoral Register.
   1. Any Individual who is no longer eligible to Vote shall be struck off the Electoral Register automatically.
6. The Electoral Register must assign each voter a unique Voter Identification Number and store it in the Electoral Register.
   1. Each Individual must be provided with a copy of their Voter Identification Number when they finish their registration.
   2. Any Individual is able to request a brand-new Voter Identification Number if they believe it to be stolen or otherwise misappropriated.
      1. The Home Office must keep a copy of all stale Voter Identification Numbers in order to prevent collisions.
   3. The Voter Identification Number must be nine (9) digits long with one (1) check digit.
      1. The Home Office is to decide internally on which algorithm derives the check digit.
      2. The Home Office may not change the algorithm that derives the check digit without reissing all existing Voter Identification Numbers.
   4. Each Voter Identification Number must be derived randomly by the Home Office.
7. Registration for the Electoral Register must close at least seven days before the start of any Election.
   1. Registration for the Electoral Register must reopen as soon as all ongoing Elections have concluded.

Section V: Methods of Voting

1. Any Individual on the Electoral Register is permitted to vote electronically.
   1. The Monarch shall be responsible for setting up a secure and convenient manner in which to vote electronically.
   2. The electronic communication shall require the Individual to submit their Voter Identification Number to prove their identity.
2. Any Individual on the Electoral Register is permitted to vote by mail.
   1. Post Office Limited shall be required to set up, provide, and accept Voting Forms for Elections at every Post Office branch.
      1. Post Office Limited must mail all Voting Forms it accepts to the Home Office.
   2. Individuals are permitted to directly mail their Voting Forms to the Home Office free of charge.
   3. Any Voting Forms containing incomplete or invalid data must be destroyed.
   4. Following the conclusion of an Election, all Voting Forms pertaining to that Election must be destroyed.

Section VI: Disputes

1. Any Member of Parliament is allowed to call a Vote of Recount in Parliament within fourteen days of an Election’s conclusion.
   1. If the Vote of Recount succeeds, a recount of the vote is performed and the new results are published.
   2. Following the recount’s results being published, a Vote of Re-Election is automatically called in Parliament.
      1. If the Vote of Re-Election succeeds, the Election process is restarted.
2. The number of Votes of Recount for a given Election must not exceed one (1).