For your consideration...

mr_sniffles

mr_sniffles

TNPer
Ok this has until December 29th to be passed by Cabinet, in other words vote now so no one has to work during the holidays to poke you!

Proposed by Grosseschnauzer:

edited to reflect change discussed in this thread:
Constitutional Amendment concerning the registration process for Regional Assembly membership.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE NATIONS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC, that Section 2 of Article II of the Constitution be amended to read as follows such amendment to take effect upon ratification under Article VII of the Constitution;

Section 2. Registration.

In the interest of Regional security, member Nations shall be required to register prior to participation or voting in with the Regional Assembly prior to voting in Regional elections or referenda, as prescribed by the following procedures:

1) As used in this Section, or elsewhere in reference to this Section, “registration officials” refers to The Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Regional Assembly, the Court of the North Pacific, the Regional off-site forum administrators, and any other officials of the Regional Government deemed necessary to the registration and continuous eligibility procedures in this Section.

2) 1) The registration officials Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs shall oversee the process of registration, aided by the Prime Minister and the Regional off-site forum administrators and any other support personnel of the Regional Government deemed necessary are empowered to conduct investigations and make inquiries deemed necessary for the continuing enforcement of the member eligibility and other requirements for the Regional Assembly of The North Pacific voter registration provisions outlined as provided in this Constitution, The North Pacific Legal Code, or other laws enacted pursuant to this Constitution.

2) 3) Nations that reside in The North Pacific and who agree to abide by the member Nation requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1, of this Constitution will request Regional Assembly membership at the Regional off-site forum by posting a request in a thread for that exclusive purpose, created by the Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs.

3) 4) In their request, Nations will be required to post a link to their TNP member Nation and their UN member Nation at NationStates.net, and in doing so, verify that they have taken the following oath:
"I, (Forum Name), as the leader of the (Official Full National Name), pledge to obey the Constitution and Laws of The North Pacific Region, and to act as a responsible member of its society.  I understand that if my Nation leaves The North Pacific region for reasons other than participation in North Pacific Army deployments that I may be stripped of my right to vote and required to reapply.  I pledge to only register one Nation to vote in The North Pacific.  I understand that my registration of, or attempt to register, multiple Nations to vote in The North Pacific shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region. I understand that if any nation under my control directly wages war against the North Pacific, or allies themselves with a region waging war, declared or not, against the North Pacific, this shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region. In this manner, I petition the Regional Government of The North Pacific region for membership in the Regional Assembly."
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4) The Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs, the Prime Minister, the Regional off-site forum administrators, and any other support personnel of the Regional Government deemed necessary are empowered to conduct investigations and make inquiries deemed necessary for the enforcement of The North Pacific voter registration provisions outlined in this Constitution, The North Pacific Legal Code, or other laws enacted pursuant to this Constitution.

5) A member Nation must immediately inform the registration officials of any changes as to the identity of its Nation residing in The North Pacific or its UN member nation in the Nationstates United Nations.

5) 6) Once any investigations or inquiries are completed, the registration officials The Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs shall expeditiously process each such registration request, and shall place any Nation accepted as a member of the Regional Assembly in a public listing of current members maintained for that purpose at the Regional off-site forum.

6) 7) At any time, should sufficient evidence be brought to the Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs or other registration officials that proves that a Regional Assembly Member fails to meet the requirements for membership due to the deletion of a Nation from NationStates through inactivity or NationStates Moderator intervention, that Nation's name may be purged from the list of members. Should a Nation, whose membership has been purged, later be found to have been resurrected in NationStates, or that the Nation become a member of the Region once again, they may re-apply for voting rights membership.

according to the procedures in the preceding clauses of this Section. The act of expulsion or banning of a Nation from the Region on other grounds prior to a trial or a referendum does not affect its status as a member until and unless a final judgment is entered in a judicial proceeding or a final certification is entered in a referendum, whichever is applicable to the given situation. The North Pacific Legal Code may provide authority to the registration officials Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs for the periodic purging of the names of member who are no longer eligible to vote in the Region be members of the Regional Assembly, upon due notice because they no longer meet the membership requirements of this Section.
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Abstain.

This is what I get for disagreeing with wording. MoIIA should be first point on some things, not the "registration officiails" Informing of change of nation? Evidence brought to any "registration official"? Who's keeping the damn list? If we manage to establish a strong notion that MoIIA is the official keeper of the RA list and whoever they are has to agree and be informed of changes, then fine, but right now it's worded so it's a free for all.

Either that or I'm paranoid. But I count 8 different people even without the "other" personal necessary. If they all agree to pass on the info and let the MoIIA keep the list current, fine. But people can't just see something and change the list automatically on their own.

Okay rant finished. And yes, I never voted this in RA, never *read* it before this. So sorry for the lateness of the objection.
 
FEC, the amendment still has the MIIA as the primary point person for the procees. But there have been problems for the RA and the Court in the past with keeping the RA member list current, and not every incumbent MIIA has been as diligent as you are as MIIA.

Given that the amendment now makes clear that maintaining eligibility is continuous, and to avoid problems if the MIIA is away for extended periods, or not as diligent as the current incumbent, that is why the Speaker and the Court would be given access to the continuing verification process.

The Court has often been hamstrung because the juror roll is based upon the RA member list, and having names on the juror roll who are no longer eligible to be jurors slows down that process. And as for the RA, you know, as I do, how many names had RA masking when you took office who were no longer eligible. The best way of alleviating these concerns is to make it possible for the Speaker and the Court to assist in verifying continuing eligibility when necessary.

As I said, the amendment makes clear in at least two places the primary role of the MIIA with a direct mention -- in numbered clauses 3 and 7. So nothing is being taken from the MIIA.
 
With five yeas, one absention, and two not yet appearing, the amendment has been approved by a majority of the Cabinet.

I will notify the Speaker and the Regional Assembly, and take steps to have the amendment incorporated into the text of the amendment.
 
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