Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"Frankender" has been appointed to serve as Director of Shareholdership. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"McChimp":

McChimp;11049 Wrote:Hi all,

Thank you for electing me, I hope I can meet your expectations. I'd like to express my congratulations to Domais for being such stiff opposition and my thanks for his having agreed to serve as Minister of Internal Management alongside New Rogernomics and Whatermelons, who I am appointing as Cabinet Deputies to that ministry. I am also appointing Chanku to serve as Public Relations Director, a department that I hope will thrive by cooperating with Internal Management and  the inter-regional community. JoWhatup has had success managing the military in the past and he has agreed to do so again as this government's Director of the Guard. Last but not least, I'd like to appoint Frankender as Director of Citizenship. Get your questions ready for their confirmation threads!

Thanks again,
McChimp

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"JoWhatup" has been appointed to serve as Regional Guard Director. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"McChimp":

McChimp;11049 Wrote:Hi all,

Thank you for electing me, I hope I can meet your expectations. I'd like to express my congratulations to Domais for being such stiff opposition and my thanks for his having agreed to serve as Minister of Internal Management alongside New Rogernomics and Whatermelons, who I am appointing as Cabinet Deputies to that ministry. I am also appointing Chanku to serve as Public Relations Director, a department that I hope will thrive by cooperating with Internal Management and  the inter-regional community. JoWhatup has had success managing the military in the past and he has agreed to do so again as this government's Director of the Guard. Last but not least, I'd like to appoint Frankender as Director of Citizenship. Get your questions ready for their confirmation threads!

Thanks again,
McChimp

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"Chanku" has been appointed to serve as Director of Public Relations. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"McChimp":

McChimp;11049 Wrote:Hi all,

Thank you for electing me, I hope I can meet your expectations. I'd like to express my congratulations to Domais for being such stiff opposition and my thanks for his having agreed to serve as Minister of Internal Management alongside New Rogernomics and Whatermelons, who I am appointing as Cabinet Deputies to that ministry. I am also appointing Chanku to serve as Public Relations Director, a department that I hope will thrive by cooperating with Internal Management and  the inter-regional community. JoWhatup has had success managing the military in the past and he has agreed to do so again as this government's Director of the Guard. Last but not least, I'd like to appoint Frankender as Director of Citizenship. Get your questions ready for their confirmation threads!

Thanks again,
McChimp

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"Domais" has been appointed to serve as Director of Internal Management. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"McChimp":

McChimp;11049 Wrote:Hi all,

Thank you for electing me, I hope I can meet your expectations. I'd like to express my congratulations to Domais for being such stiff opposition and my thanks for his having agreed to serve as Minister of Internal Management alongside New Rogernomics and Whatermelons, who I am appointing as Cabinet Deputies to that ministry. I am also appointing Chanku to serve as Public Relations Director, a department that I hope will thrive by cooperating with Internal Management and  the inter-regional community. JoWhatup has had success managing the military in the past and he has agreed to do so again as this government's Director of the Guard. Last but not least, I'd like to appoint Frankender as Director of Citizenship. Get your questions ready for their confirmation threads!

Thanks again,
McChimp

Shateholders of Lazarus,

The bill, "Criminal Procedure Act Amendment (October 2020)", reprinted below, has been motioned to vote and seconded. It requires a 50%+1 majority to pass. The discussion thread can be found here.

As per Assembly Procedure Act 1.5, this vote will last for 5 days, ending on 2nd of November at 4:58 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

Quote:

Criminal Procedure Act Amendment (October 2020)

Proposed By: @"New Rogernomics"

Preamble

This act defines the procedure by which the Court shall conduct Criminal Reviews in accordance with Article V Section 7 of the Twelfth Mandate.

Section 1. Petitioning the Court

(1) Petitions to conduct a Criminal Review shall:

a. be submitted to the Court in a public area,
b. identify a Defendant,
c. identify the crimes the Defendant is alleged to have committed and
d. include evidence and commentary thereof in support of the allegations.

(2) The Court shall consider the petition for three days before deciding whether to conduct a Criminal Review by two-thirds vote.

(3) Upon two or more justices deciding to conduct a Criminal Review, the Court shall immediately serve notice upon both the Plaintiff and the Defendant that a Criminal Review has begun and refer them to this document.

Section 2. Criminal Reviews

(1) Criminal Reviews shall be conducted in a public area.

(2) Once the Criminal Review has begun:

a. the Defendant shall be granted seven days to present evidence in their defence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far
b. then the Plaintiff shall be granted four days to present further evidence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far. After this, the Criminal Review will conclude.

(3) The Plaintiff and the Defendant may each be represented by another person who they may identify at any time. Each of them may be represented by only one person at any given time.

(4) Criminal reviews shall only require two justices to hear a case, except in the case of a criminal review appeal.

Section 3. Criminal Review Appeals

(1) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted in a public area, with the same procedure as a Criminal Review.

(2) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted with all three justices, and shall be the final court judgement on a case.

(3) Criminal Review appeals may be dismissed by all three justices if they hold there are no grounds for a criminal review appeal.

Quote:

Criminal Review Appeals Mandate Amendment (October 2020)

Proposed by: @"New Rogernomics"

Section 1. Amendment of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus

(1) Article V. Court of Lazarus, Powers of the Court, shall be amended to also include:

Powers of the Court

(3) Procedure for constitutional matters brought before the Court will be defined by law.

(4) The Court has the power, upon being petitioned by a citizen, to strike down any general law, treaty, or policy. in whole or in part, and restrain any government action, by two-thirds vote, if such violates this Mandate or any constitutional law.

(5) The Court may, upon being petitioned by a citizen, reconcile contradictions within and between this Mandate and constitutional laws, as well as contradictions within and between general laws, by two-thirds vote, maintaining minimal disruption to the intended purposes of the contradictory provisions.

(6) The Court may interpret and clarify provisions of law when posed in a legal question, by two-thirds vote, as prescribed by law.

(7) The Court may, upon being petitioned by a citizen, conduct Criminal Reviews in order to determine whether a person has committed a criminal offence. During a Criminal Review the person must be granted reasonable opportunity to defend themselves against the charges. Procedure for such Criminal Reviews may be established by law.

(8) Should the Court confirm by two-thirds vote that the person has committed a criminal offence after a Criminal Review, they may compel the Delegate to impose upon the person a punishment permitted by law, including revocation of citizenship, restriction of ability to vote and/or hold office, ejection and/or banishment from Lazarus and other measures. The Court may hold a Criminal Review appeal to reduce or overturn punishments decided in a Criminal Review. The Assembly may overturn or reduce such punishments by three-quarters vote.

Quote:

Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (October 2020)

Proposed by: @Domais

Section 1. An amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act

(1) The relevant section of Assembly Procedure Act, as currently written reads:

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Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(1) A minimum discussion period of three days is required before any proposal may be brought to vote. The Speaker is not required to open a vote if they determine that the proposal has not had sufficient discussion, but they may not delay opening a vote for more than seven days from when the motion to vote on the proposal was seconded.

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site regional forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence. Only the citizen who made the motion may withdraw it, unless that citizen is no longer a citizen, then the Speaker may withdraw the relevant motion. Once a motion is withdrawn, voting shall cease immediately.

(3) Only the Prime Minister may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Prime Minister may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

(4) In the event that there are multiple competing proposals regarding the same matter in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, the Assembly Speaker will bring them to vote one at a time, in the order they were motioned to vote. If such a proposal is enacted, the subsequent competing proposals will not be brought to vote.

(5) All votes will take place for five days. Citizens eligible to vote may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present." Voters may not post any other content in a voting thread or embellish the format of their vote in any way, and votes that include additional content or embellishment will be discarded and split from the voting thread. Voters may cast their votes by posting in each voting thread.

(6) The Assembly Speaker will determine which discussions will take place publicly and which will take place privately, and may accordingly move discussions to and from the Assembly's private forum, except that the Delegate may determine whether proposals to enact, amend, or repeal treaties will be public or private. All votes will be conducted in public.

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(2) The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as amended shall read:

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Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(1) A minimum discussion period of three days is required before any proposal may be brought to vote. The Speaker is not required to open a vote if they determine that the proposal has not had sufficient discussion, but they may not delay opening a vote for more than seven days from when the motion to vote on the proposal was seconded.

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site regional forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence and has not logged on to their on-site account for more than seven days.

(3) Only the citizen who made the motion may withdraw it unless that citizen is no longer a citizen, then the Speaker may withdraw the relevant motion. A motion may only be withdrawn before the end of the last day of voting and once a motion is withdrawn, voting shall cease immediately.

(4) Only the citizen who withdrew the motion may re-motion to vote at any time and such motion shall require a second before being brought to vote. If any motion to vote is not seconded within seven days that motion shall be invalid.

(5) If a relevant proposal is edited after a motion to vote is made then that motion shall be invalid. No changes to a proposal shall be accepted once the relevant vote has commenced.

(6) Only the Prime Minister may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Prime Minister may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

(7) In the event that there are multiple competing proposals regarding the same matter in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, the Assembly Speaker will bring them to vote one at a time, in the order they were motioned to vote. If such a proposal is enacted, the subsequent competing proposals will not be brought to vote.

(8) All votes will take place for five days. Citizens eligible to vote may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present." Voters may not post any other content in a voting thread or embellish the format of their vote in any way, and votes that include additional content or embellishment will be discarded and split from the voting thread. Voters may cast their votes by posting in each voting thread.

(9) The Assembly Speaker will determine which discussions will take place publicly and which will take place privately, and may accordingly move discussions to and from the Assembly's private forum, except that the Delegate may determine whether proposals to enact, amend, or repeal treaties will be public or private. All votes will be conducted in public.

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Shareholders of Lazarus,

the campaigning period has concluded, and voting has now begun. In this thread, eligible shareholders may submit their ballots. As per Lazarene Elections Act 2.2.c and 5.1.a, the voting period lasts 3 full days starting at the point this thread was posted. 

The eligible candidates are: 

• @"Domais" (Campaign thread)
  
• @"McChimp" (Campaign thread)
  

Quote:McChimp
Domais
Abstain

This question comes from the Lazarene Citizenship Act (https://www.nslazarus.com/thread-1254.html), it has to do with the Granting Official:

1. Is the advice the Granting Official gives to the Delegate commital?
2. Can the Delegate process citizenship applications in the absence of advice from the Granting Official?
3. Is the answer the same in question 2 if there is no Granting Official?
4. Does the Prime Minister have veto power over the Granting Official?

Thanks,
- Dom.