Vote on Chairman of Congress and Chairman of Congress Law

Day 4,804, 11:10 • Published in Belgium Belgium • by MCKitkat

Greetings eBelgium,

This article goes to all Members of Congress, you are called upon to vote on the Chairman of Congress Law as well as the future Chairman of Congress.

Here's the Chairman of Congress Law that is up for Vote:

Chairman of Congress

Art. I-1 Eligibility
a - Candidates must have eBelgian citizenship.

Art. I-2 Election
a - Starting on the 1st of each month, every citizen can place his candidacy for Chairman in the official communication channels of Congress.
b - If there is no candidate for Chairman of Congress after 24h, the deadline will be extended 24 hours. Subsequent failure to find a suitable candidate will lead to a further extension of the deadline by 24h.
c - If, after this extension, there is still no candidate for Chairman of Congress, the outgoing Chairman's mandate will be extended by another month until the next Chairman Election.
d - If, after a candidacy period (normal period or any following extension), there are one or more candidates, the outgoing Chairman of Congress will start a voting round. This voting round will last for 24 hours.
e - If there are multiple candidates, the voting will consist of the names of the candidates, and “None of these”. The candidate who has the most votes will be the newly elected Chairman of Congress. If there is a tie, the decision will be based on in-game experience points of the candidates at the moment the election poll for chairman closes.
f - If there is only one candidate, the voting choices will be “Yes”, “No” and “Abstain”. If there is only one candidate and he is not accepted by Congress, another round to candidate for Chairman will start for 24 hours.

Art. I-3 Rights & Obligations
a - After his election the Chairman of Congress has the right to propose a Deputy Chairman of Congress. This Deputy Chairman has to meet the same eligibility criteria as the Chairman of Congress.
b - The Chairman of Congress will close each vote when the voting time expires and declare the results.
c - The Chairman of Congress will publish several articles in-game to inform our citizens about congress programs and news regularly as well as voting articles.
d - The government will put an organisation and its newspaper at disposal of Congress to be used as official newspaper.
e - The mandate of the Chairman of Congress, including the attached rights, powers and obligations, will continue until either a new Chairman has been chosen, he has resigned or he is removed from office.
f - The Chairman of Congress will be responsible for contacting congress members, informing them about procedures and creating a PM in-game for all Congress Members.
g - The Chairman of Congress will be responsible with moderating the official Congress channels of Communication (Discord).
h - Congress has the right to overrule a decision that was made by the Chairman of Congress by a majority vote.

Art. I-4 Removal & Resignation
a - Chairman of Congress can resign from office or be removed from office by a majority vote.
b - If the Chairman of Congress is inactive for 5 days without prior notice of his absence, Congress can start a vote for his removal that will only need a simple majority
c - If the Chairman of Congress becomes Country President or is for any other reason not anymore eligible, he will automatically resign his position as Chairman of Congress.
d - If the Chairman of Congress resigns or is removed from office the Deputy Chairman will take over his duties. If no Deputy Chairman was chosen, the most senior member of Congress in number of terms in eBe congress, or if there is a tie, the one with more experience points, will have the option to complete the term or to start a new election process.



Here is the candidate who is up for election as Chairman of Congress:

- MCKitkat



PLEASE VOTE HERE!



Comment below if you have voted. The voting Round will last 24 hours!