The Rules of the Constitutional Convention are now at vote and will require an absolute majority vote (50%+1) to pass.Rules of the Constitutional Convention I. Convention Administration
(1) The Pharaoh will appoint a citizen to chair the constitutional convention. The chairperson will administer the constitutional convention according to Article II, Section 3 of the Scroll of Ma'at and according to these procedural rules.
(2) In the event that the chairperson is derelict in their duties, the Pharaoh may remove and replace the chairperson.
II. Convention Procedure
(1) Any citizen may submit a constitutional proposal to the convention. One week will be allotted for submission, discussion, and revision of constitutional proposals, henceforth referred to as the discussion period. The chairperson may extend the discussion period by up to one week if significant discussion or revision is ongoing.
(2) Should the chairperson determine that significant discussion or revision is ongoing after two weeks, the chairperson will call a vote to extend the discussion period for an additional one to two weeks, at the discretion of the chairperson, subject to an absolute majority vote (defined as 50%+1).
(3) The chairperson may correct spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors in any constitutional proposal prior to bringing the proposal to vote, provided that such changes are non-substantive in that they do not in any way affect the interpretation of the content of the constitutional proposal. All such corrections must be publicly declared in the relevant thread, detailing the full extent of corrections made. Such corrections may be overruled by the Pharaoh.
(4) Following the discussion period, three days will be allotted for voting on all constitutional proposals that have been certified as complete by their authors. For the purposes of these rules, "author" is defined as the person who submitted a constitutional proposal.
(5) Following the voting period, all constitutional proposals that have met the required two-thirds threshold will be presented to the Pharaoh for assent. The constitutional proposal that receives the assent of the Pharaoh will be the new constitution of Osiris.
(6) Should no constitutional proposal meet the required threshold, or should the Pharaoh withhold assent from all constitutional proposals that meet the required threshold, the discussion period will be restarted and will be subject to the same rules as the initial discussion period.
(7) Citizens may vote "Aye," "Nay," "Abstain," or votes of clearly similar intent, on any vote before the convention. Abstentions may not be used to determine the outcome of any vote, and all votes will be determined based on the highest number of votes cast for or against a constitutional proposal rather than the overall number of citizens.
Voting will end at 2:00 p.m. EST on November 7, 2017. Citizens may vote Aye, Nay, Abstain, or votes of clearly similar intent.
The discussion thread can be found here.
