D. N. Vercáriâ
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(last post: March 15, 2008 - 16:51)
Citizen #26:
Dieter N Vercáriâ | > Er, we do have provision for by-elections.
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> Constitution of the Republic, Title Two, Article One, Section 9(b) and (c):
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> The following powers may be exercised by the President at his own discretion:
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> b) The President shall dissolve either or both Houses of Parlamînt at the times specified in Article 4 and then immediately ask the Secretary of State to conduct a general election.
> c) The President may dissolve both Houses of Parlamînt at any other time, and then immediately ask the Secretary of State to conduct a by-election.
I wonder if this restricts us (CoD members) in our quest for rules that may allow us to deal with vacant seats, which was the kind of by-elections that I was talking about.
> Electoral Code, Section 4.1
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> All provisions of this Section shall apply equally to elections to fill vacancies in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senäts[...]
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> Translated out of legalese:
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> - The President can call a byelection whenever he wants, but only for all seats in the House - like a special general election in other words.
> - Such elections are conducted by the same rules as regular elections.
We possibly should -carefully- inspect the by-election rule (and related sections of the constitution) for a possible amendment in the amendment committee. I wonder if it really make sense to conduct "by-elections" if a chamber of parliament is dissolved by the President; full-scale general elections might be a better solution, but that would mean that we give up on the fixed annual elections calendar.
- D. N. Vercáriâ
¡Pecüliárismeu és escasençâ - MRP!
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