User:Crystalbeastdeck09/State Reform 2011

Last year we had Major changes in our Constitution and other laws. This years state reform should primarily focus on the size of government and Constitution and not so much FedLaw. So here is some changes i'd make and would like to propose:

Article 1B - Changes about the kings power
Section 5, 5.1, changes to just section 5

5. The King does not hold any extra power including a seat in congress, if a member of the family would like to be in congress they must be elected like any other citizen.

Article 6 - Repealing the Congressional Journal
Reason: We have archives and that can give you a broader view of how things went down, discusssion, Voting by member, and who approved it.

4.For each motion that has been moved to the Second Chamber by Congress, and that is in due time either approved, rejected or proven unable to gain the required support, Congress must keep a record, starting February 1st of the year 2011, which will be known as the Congressional Journal.

Article 8 - Changes to the formation of a government, Major changes
I posted the entire article beacuse I changed so many things, and then summed it all up.

Okay so here's what I changed to make us a more real country!
 * 1) Federal Elections:
 * 2) Every year federal elections are held.
 * 3) The term of office of every Member of the Congress is exactly one year. Therefore every year the elections should be held at the same date.
 * 4) Election procedure during Federal Elections:
 * 5) During a period of three weeks, any Lovian citizen can, without restrictions, become a candidate in the Federal Elections. This period begins exactly one month and twenty-one days before Inauguration Day.
 * 6) During a period of four-teen to twenty-one days, any Lovian citizen can cast his or her votes in favor of candidates in the Federal Elections.
 * 7) The period during which citizens may vote is decided by the Prime Minister in office.
 * 8) Every citizen may cast three favorable votes in the Federal Elections: a Major Vote, a Minor Vote and a Favor Vote. A Major Vote is worth three points, a Minor Vote two and a Favor Vote one.
 * 9) Citizens may choose not to cast their votes, or some of them.
 * 10) Citizens may not cast multiple votes for the same candidate. All cast votes must be given to different candidates.
 * 11) All candidates who received votes worth at least six points, will become Members of the Congress, the membership limit must always be 100. In this case, the candidates with the highest number of points are elected to Congress. In the case of an ex aequo, priority is given to the candidate with the most Major Votes.
 * 12) Citizens who are elected to congress, and with a percentage of the votes get that many seats in congress, vote for the created congressmen, but in the first chamber can onlyy talk for themselves.
 * 13) The candidate who received votes worth the most points, will become Member of the Congress and Prime Minister. In the case of an ex aequo, priority is given to the candidate with the most Major Votes.
 * 14) Mid-term Elections can be organized if proposed in Congress and approved by a Congressial majority. The procedure is equal to that of the normal federal elections; with only these differences:
 * 15) The candidacy period as well as the voting period are chosen by the Congress.
 * 16) The membership limit for candidates to join the existing Congress is between no less than five and no more than ten.
 * 17) Members of the Congress remain in Congress and do not have to participate in the Mid-term elections. All elected candidates join Congress.
 * 18) New federal elections have to be held when more than half of the Members of the Congress are inactive; either self-declared or if they have not edited for over a month (31 days); or when the Prime Minister steps down.
 * 19) Also new elections can be held after a majority of the congress ins't in favor of the current government, or a majoirty can't be reached, with a coalition or in a other way, in which new elections should be held.
 * 20) Federal Secretaries:
 * 21) The monarch and Prime Minister will chose which Members of the Congress will become Secretaries of a certain Department. Their proposal needs to be accepted by a normal majority in Congress.
 * 22) Congress should be able to question all executing members of government - of any level - about their activities. When they have lost their trust in the questioned person, they can vote a motion of distrust against him or her. When this motion is accepted by a normal majority, he or she has to resign and a replacement has to be proposed by the Prime Minister and approved by Congress.
 * 23) When Congress has lost its trust in the incumbent government, it can vote a motion of distrust. When this motion is accepted by a normal majority, both government and Congress are dissolved and new federal elections are to be held.
 * 24) When the Prime Minister and his government resign, Congress is dissolved and new federal elections are to be held.
 * 25) State Elections:
 * 26) Every Lovian citizen has the right to become a candidate for Governor of a state wherein he or she has an official residence.
 * 27) It is not permitted to be a candidate during a state election in more than one state.
 * 28) The term of office of the elected Governor and Deputy Governor is exactly six months. Therefore every six months the elections should be held at the same date.
 * 29) Election procedure during State Elections:
 * 30) During a period of two weeks, any Lovian citizen and resident of the state can become a candidate in the State Elections. This period begins exactly one month before the day of the inauguration of the Governor and Deputy Governor.
 * 31) During a period of two weeks, any Lovian citizen can cast his or her vote in favor of a candidate in the State Elections of the state of which he or she is an official resident.
 * 32) Every citizen may cast one vote per state election. Inhabitants of multiple states have the right to cast one vote for each state in which they have an official residence.
 * 33) Citizens may choose not to cast their vote.
 * 34) The candidate who received the highest number of votes and at least three will become Governor of the state in which he or she participated in the state elections.
 * 35) In the case of an ex aequo, a second voting round must be held within two weeks' time.
 * 36) The Governor is in charge of the competencies given to the state government.
 * 37) The candidate who received the second highest number of votes and at least three will become Deputy Governor of the state in which he or she participated in the state elections.
 * 38) The Deputy Governor is in temporary charge of the state competencies during the absence of the Governor.
 * 39) Upon the resignation of the Governor, or any other instance causing the Governor to quit, the Deputy Governor becomes Governor and will keep this office until the next elections.
 * Shortened the election period to a maximum of three weeks, which is ten days less than before
 * Took the power of the PM controlling the number of MOTC away, and made congress a mandatory 100 seats.
 * Added the clause about users controlling the fake congressmen's votes, and everything saying that in th first chamber only citizens can talk, not the "fake congressmen"
 * Added point about new elections held if a coalition or majoirty in the congress is not reached
 * ALSO THIS WASN'T ADDED - but this would take alot of time, and pages created, just saying!