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Article I - On Citizenship
(1) Any person may apply for citizenship on the Regional forum by providing their current nation in the region, their current World Assembly nation, and by swearing an oath of citizenship established by law.
(2) Any person who has held a World Assembly nation in Lazarus for more than a year consecutively, who is endorsing the Sovereign, and who has not been convicted of a crime shall be considered a citizen. They may exercise their voting rights either on the forum or through telegramming the Director of Ceremonies or another nation so designated.
(3) Any person who was a citizen of the People's Republic of Lazarus upon its dissolution shall be a citizen.
(4) The Sovereign shall have the power to approve or reject applications for citizenship on the forum unless the applicant has been declared a persona non grata by the Grand Assembly. The Sovereign must post an explanation for rejection immediately in the Grand Assembly of the Phoenix. The Grand Assembly may overturn such rejections with a two-thirds majority vote.
(A) If the applicant is a persona non grata at the time of their application, the decision goes to the Grand Assembly. A two-thirds majority vote is necessary to approve such applications.
(B) Should the Sovereign be unable to process citizenship applications, they may publicly designate a citizen with forum administrator privileges to do so. Approvals by an appointed individual may also be overturned by the Grand Assembly with a 2/3 majority vote.
(C) Should neither the Sovereign nor a designated individual approve a citizenship application within two weeks, the Grand Assembly may approve it with a simple majority.