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Bill #65

Commons Vote Announcements Act

Citizen Kevin Sue (HKim) avatar
Written by
Citizen Kevin Sue (HKim)
@kevinsue
⚖ Active law
Status
Active Law
Originated in Chamber
Commons
Type
Commons Procedure
Sponsors
None
Link
Google Docs
Summary
Requires the Speaker announce and ping when sessions open and got to a vote.
Bill History

  1. Passed into law as a Commons procedure during Commons Session #6.

  2. Submitted to Commons Session #6

Commons Vote Announcements Act

Authors: HKim

Whereas, Without proper announcements sessions are easy to miss;

Whereas, The people have a right to be informed as well;

Therefore, be it resolved:

Section 1: Announcements

  1. The Speaker shall make an official announcement in #gov-announcements channel whenever a Commons session begins.
  1. The Speaker shall also make a public announcement whenever the Commons voting stage begins.
  2. These announcements may instead be made by any person (or bot) authorized to do so by the Speaker or authorized to do so by the Vice Speaker.
  3. The announcements must include a ping to all with the “Registered Voter” role or via @everyone.

Section 2: Details

  1. Failure to announce or ping will result in every vote in the session being marked as “Abstain”, resulting in a failure to pass any proposal that session.
  2. The above applies to Emergency Common Sessions as well as standard ones.
  3. In the case that there is no Speaker or Vice-Speaker, Electioneers must still announce and ping as directed above.