A Bill to Simplify Elections
BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
PREAMBLE: To make the law more exact and meaningful.
SECTION 1: A Bill to Remodel Elections, SECTION 1 shall now state: “Any and all elections that are run in the State of Firestone to fill seats inside the Executive or Legislative Branch will use either the Single Transferable Vote (STV), Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV) or The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting systems to decide election results.”
SECTION 1A: A Bill to Remodel Elections shall now include SECTION 1D, which will state: “In all elections, where there is only 1 seat is open, and only two candidates are running, The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system will be used. The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system will also be used in any and all elections for Speaker of the House. Also, if deemed the position will be open via election by the Lieutenant Governor or Speaker of The House respectfully, the positions of Speaker Pro Tempore and President Pro Tempore will use The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system.”
SECTION 2: A Bill to Remodel Elections, SECTION 2 shall now state: “In any voting for positions within the State of Firestone that use the Single Transferable Vote (STV) or Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV) voting systems, the citizens of the State of Firestone, if they choose to vote, will be provided with the official voting ballot as determined by the Election Sponsor/Firestone Election Committee. The citizens who choose to vote may rank their candidates, with 1 being the candidate they support the most and lower being less support. Citizens must support at least 1 person on the ballot, should they vote, and can rank as many candidates as they want before turning in their ballot. In any voting for positions in the State of Firestone that use The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system for voting, each Citizen, if they chose to vote, will be provided with the official voting ballot as determined by the Election Sponsor/Firestone Election Committee. Citizens will pick one (1), and only one (1), person to support before turning in their ballot to vote. Should any ballots be turned in that do not follow the guidelines above, they will be considered spoilt ballots, and will be discarded.”
SECTION 2A: A Bill to Remodel Elections, SECTION 2A shall now state: “Once voting closes, should the voting system be the Single Transferable Vote (STV) or Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV) voting system, the number of votes OVERALL will be counted. Then, the following algorithm will be used to determine the number of votes needed to secure a seat: The number of candidates on the ballot divided by the number of overall votes plus one. (ex: 3/300 +1 = 101).”
SECTION 2B: A Bill to Remodel Elections shall now include SECTION 2F, which will state: “The First Past the Post (FPTP) shall be defined as a voting system that gives each person one vote, and the candidate who receives a plurality of the votes wins.
SECTION 2C: A Bill to Remodel Elections shall now include SECTION 2G, which will state: “Plurality will be defined as: The number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.”
SECTION 2D: A Bill to Remodel Elections shall now include SECTION 2H, which will state: “The First Past the Post voting system, when used, will operate in the following way:
Once all votes are respectfully separated to the candidates the citizens cast their ballot to, the candidate with a plurality of the votes will immediately win the election. Should there be a tie, or no votes have been cast, in any election, the spot will be considered hung, and the tie will be broken by the Governor. Should the election be for Governor, the Founder will break the tie.”
SECTION 3: All Government Officials entrusted with the powers to be Election Sponsors, as well as the Firestone Elections Committee, will enforce this bill.
SECTION 4: This legislation shall go into effect immediately.
Respectfully submitted to the Congress of the State of Firestone,
Chief Sponsor:
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