Osiris Fraternal Order

Rules of the Council of Scribes wrote:Rules of the Council of Scribes Section 1: Composition and Administration

(1) All citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order may participate in all discussions conducted by the Council of Scribes.
(2) Citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order will have a vote on all proposals and in all elections, excepting the Pharaoh, Acting Pharaoh, Crown Prince/Crown Princess, and Priests.
(3) The Council of Scribes will be administered by the Chief Scribe. The Chief Scribe may appoint deputies to assist in the business of the Council and may delegate one deputy as Deputy pro tempore, to exercise the office of the Chief Scribe in his absence.
(4) If the office of Chief Scribe is vacant, or for the duration of discussion and voting on a motion to remove the Chief Scribe from office, the business of the Council will be administered by a deputy previously designated by the Chief Scribe. If no deputy is available, the business of the Council will be administered by the Pharaoh, by the Crown Prince/Crown Princess if designated by the Pharaoh, or by a Guardian designated by the Council of Guardians.

Section 2: Legislative Procedure

(1) Any citizen may introduce a proposal before the Council of Scribes.
(2) The Chief Scribe may correct grammatical, formatting and spelling errors in any proposal, provided that such changes are non-substantive in that they do not in any way affect the interpretation of the content of the proposal. All such corrections must be publicly declared in the relevant thread, detailing the full extent of corrections made. The corrections may be overruled by the Pharaoh.
(3) Only the Chief Vizier or designated Vizier(s) may introduce treaties before the Council of Scribes.
(4) Only the Pharaoh may introduce nominations for the Council of Guardians before the Council of Scribes.
(5) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a voting citizen must make a motion to vote, and another voting citizen must second the motion.
(6) A minimum discussion period of three days, beginning at the time a proposal is submitted, will be required before any proposal may be brought to vote. After a motion to vote has been made and seconded in accordance with procedure, the Chief Scribe and their legislative deputies may delay a vote for up to seven days.
(7) All votes shall take place for three days. Voting citizens may vote "aye," "nay," "abstain," or votes of clearly similar intent.
(8) Abstentions may not be used to determine the outcome of any vote.
(9) All proposals require a simple majority (50%+1) of votes in order to pass.
(10) Following the passage of proposals that require the assent of the Pharaoh, the Chief Scribe or a legislative deputy will present the proposals to the Pharaoh for assent within 48 hours.