You may vote aye on only one option. You may vote nay to both, or you may vote present.
Option One:
Option 2Section 3 of the State Code of Osiris shall be amended as follows:
1. The Pharaoh may be subject to a challenge election when there has been a period exceeding three months since the last challenge election, or when there has been no challenge election since the event of the Vizier assuming the office of Pharaoh after the resignation or removal from office of the preceding Pharaoh.
(a) Any Councilor may issue a challenge and challenge elections will be administered by the Keeper of the Deshret, who is eligible to vote for Pharaoh only in the case of a runoff in which all candidates have an equal number of votes,
(b) When a challenge election is initiated by the Deshret, a three day period for submission of candidacies will begin. Only Councilors of the Deshret who are not the Keeper are eligible candidates. The incumbent Pharaoh will not be barred from submitting a candidacy.
(c) At the conclusion of this candidacy submission period, the Keeper of the Deshret will determine eligible candidates according to eligibility standards established by law and open a four day voting period for a new Pharaoh to be elected by the Deshret.
(d) No candidate will be elected Pharaoh without receiving a simple majority of votes cast. Should no candidate receive a simple majority of votes cast in the election, the two candidates with the most votes (or, in the case of a tie for most votes, those candidates) will participate in a run-off election following the same process prescribed by Section 3.1(c) of this Code.
(e) The Pharaoh and the Vizier will be allowed to submit a vote for the office of Pharaoh.
2. The Deshret will have the power to establish additional standards for challenge elections by law.
3. The incumbent Pharaoh will be charged with ensuring a speedy and safe transition of power whenever a new Pharaoh is elected.
Section 5 of the State Code of Osiris shall be amended as follows:
1. The Pschent will be the judicial council of Osiris, comprised of three Elders of the Pschent appointed by the Pharaoh with the approval of the Deshret. Elders of the Pschent will not serve as Pharaoh, Vizier, Scribe of the Hedjet, Guardian of the Atef, or Keeper of the Deshret and will not serve as junior officials for any of these offices for the duration of their service on the Pschent.
(a) Only citizens of Osiris may be appointed to the Pschent.
(b) Elders may maintain active involvement in Priesthoods of the Hedjet and may serve as Councilors of the Deshret while serving as Elders.
2. The Pschent will have the power to make and revise its own procedural rules.
3. The Pschent will have the power to nullify any law or portion of law that contradicts this Code, and to order the cessation of any government action that violates this Code or the laws of Osiris. The Pschent may only exercise this power if petitioned to do so by an affected citizen of Osiris.
4. The Pschent will have the power to hear prosecution of alleged criminal offenses by the Scribe of Justice or their deputy, to decide guilt or the lack of it, and to determine penalties for guilty parties according to the standards established by law.
5. Decisions by the Pschent amount to interpretation of the law, and those decisions and interpretation are binding on the Pschent and all government bodies and officials.
6. Unless otherwise noted by this Code, all decisions by the Pschent will be made by simple majority vote.
Similarities(changes both drafts contain):Section 3 of the State Code of Osiris shall be amended as follows:
1. The Pharaoh may be subject to a challenge election when there has been a period exceeding three months since the last challenge election, or when there has been no challenge election since the event of the Vizier assuming the office of Pharaoh after the resignation or removal from office of the preceding Pharaoh.
(a) Any Councilor may issue a challenge and challenge elections will be administered by the Keeper of the Deshret, who is ineligible to vote for Pharaoh,
(b) When a challenge election is initiated by the Deshret, a three day period for submission of candidacies will begin. Only Councilors of the Deshret who are not the Keeper are eligible candidates. The incumbent Pharaoh will not be barred from submitting a candidacy.
(c) At the conclusion of this candidacy submission period, the Keeper of the Deshret will determine eligible candidates according to eligibility standards established by law and open a four day voting period for a new Pharaoh to be elected by the Deshret.
(d) No candidate will be elected Pharaoh without receiving a simple majority of votes cast. Should no candidate receive a simple majority of votes cast in the election, the two candidates with the most votes (or, in the case of a tie for most votes, those candidates) will participate in a run-off election following the same process prescribed by Section 3.1(c) of this Code.
(e) The Pharaoh and the Vizier will be allowed to submit a vote for the office of Pharaoh.
2. The Deshret will have the power to establish additional standards for challenge elections by law.
3. The incumbent Pharaoh will be charged with ensuring a speedy and safe transition of power whenever a new Pharaoh is elected.
Section 5 of the State Code of Osiris shall be amended as follows:
1. The Pschent will be the judicial council of Osiris, comprised of three Elders of the Pschent appointed by the Pharaoh with the approval of the Deshret. Elders of the Pschent will not serve as Pharaoh, Vizier, Scribe of the Hedjet, Guardian of the Atef, or Keeper of the Deshret and will not serve as junior officials for any of these offices for the duration of their service on the Pschent.
(a) Only citizens of Osiris may be appointed to the Pschent.
(b) Elders may maintain active involvement in Priesthoods of the Hedjet and may serve as Councilors of the Deshret while serving as Elders.
2. The Pschent will have the power to make and revise its own procedural rules.
3. The Pschent will have the power to nullify any law or portion of law that contradicts this Code, and to order the cessation of any government action that violates this Code or the laws of Osiris. The Pschent may only exercise this power if petitioned to do so by an affected citizen of Osiris.
4. The Pschent will have the power to hear prosecution of alleged criminal offenses by the Scribe of Justice or their deputy, to decide guilt or the lack of it, and to determine penalties for guilty parties according to the standards established by law.
5. Decisions by the Pschent amount to interpretation of the law, and those decisions and interpretation are binding on the Pschent and all government bodies and officials.
6. Unless otherwise noted by this Code, all decisions by the Pschent will be made by simple majority vote.
An amendment to section 5 of the state code that would disallow non-citizens from being members of the Pshent,
Language disallowing the Keeper from voting or running for Pharaoh while they are the election administrator,
Language allowing the Pharaoh and Vizier to vote for Pharaoh.
Differences:
Option One: Includes a tiebreaker vote in pharaoh elections when there is a tie where all participants in a runoff have an equal number of votes.
Option Two: Does not include any tiebreaker language for Pharaoh elections.
Eligible to vote: Zeorus, Hileville, Charles Cerebella, Severisen, barrios, Cassius, ygfbv, Bob Moran, North East Somerset, Treize Dreizehn, Josh Sebastian, Raxion, Cora, Cameron M. Romefeller, Durkadurkiranistan II, Aneurin, r3naissanc3r, Getti, Darth Revan, The Brimstone Angel, Abacathea, Koth, Venico, Klaus Mikaelson
The voting period will close at 19:00 (7:00 P.M.) EST on the 3rd of February 2014.
Members who will lose Deshret membership if they miss this vote: None.
