Proposal:Elections and Referendums Act

Article 1: Elections

Section 1: Nominations

1. Nominations for any elected office will be opened on the second to last Monday of its term, and will be closed when voting is opened.
2. [No senator and delegate/vice delegate at the same time]
3. Any candidate for Delegate who does not nominate a candidate for Vice Delegate before voting begins will not be eligible for election.
4. No person may stand for office in any election during which they became a citizen.

Section 2: Information

1. All citizens will be promptly informed of the opening of any nominations or votes by private message on the Regional Forums and by in-game telegram.

Section 2: Voting

1. Voting for any elected office will begin on the last Thursday of its term and will close at the end of the following Sunday.
2. Ballots will be collected secretly using a Condorcet Internet Voting Service poll with detailed ballot reporting enabled and without proportional representation enforced.
3. The description for such a poll will contain a full list of candidates, their party affiliations, any submitted platforms, and the following disclaimer:

   CIVS is only be used to collect the ballots secretly, and the results it gives when the poll closes may not be correct. The full results will be posted on the Regional Forums.

Section 3: Results

1. The results of a vote for any elected office will be tallied and announced within the Monday following its close.
2. Any ties will be broken in favor of the candidate with the highest vote count in the most recent round where no tie existed. If no such round exists, the tie will be broken in favor of the candidate who [...].
3. The full results of the count will be posted on the Regional Forums, and will include:

1. The names of the elected candidates;
2. The details of each round of the count, including each candidate's vote count, which candidates have been elected or eliminated, how many ballots have been transferred, the number of exhausted ballots, and a sum of the total number of ballots;
3. A link to the raw results of the poll;
4. A disclaimer that CIVS was only used to collect the ballots, and that its results may not be correct;
5. A link to Information for Voters.

1. [Ensuring accuracy]
2. [Ballots immediately available]?
3. [Droop quota]
4. [How are surpluses transferred]
5. [Shuffling ballots?]
6. [When the count is officially over]

Section 4: Term

1. A new term for any elected office will begin the Tuesday following the close of voting.

Section 2: Voting

1. If nominations for any election are opened or a referendum is inititated by petition or the Senate, voting will be opened the second following Thursday and will be closed at the end of the following Sunday.
2. If a vote is opened, a thread will be created on the Regional Forums, and all ballots for the vote will be submitted by post in it.
3. No person may participate in any vote during which they became a citizen.

Section 4: Information for Voters

1. All citizens will be promptly informed of the opening of any nominations or votes by private message on the Regional Forums.
2. The Regional Message Board will contain announcements about and links to all current elections and referendums.
3. The opening post of any thread for voting in elections will contain a full list of candidates and their party affiliations, and the following text:

   Rank as many candidates as you want in order of preference, with 1 being the most preferred. Ranking as many candidates as possible will minimize the chance your vote is wasted, but do not rank candidates who you do not want your vote going to under any circumstances.

1. The Regional Message Board will contain announcements about and links to all current elections and referendums.

Section 5: General Provisions

1. All times will be in