u/Syndicality

We also have our referendum, on three constitutional amendments.

We had 39 valid votes.

On the first amendment, the Deputy Speaker Switcharoo Amendment, which would explicitly allow the Speaker of the Senate to replace their Deputy during the Senate term, 61.54% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

On the second amendment, Article 1 of the Unified Jurisdiction Act 2026, which would explicitly clarify that statute law may help define the jurisdiction of the Inferior Courts with the condition that it "must guarantee an effective moderation system", 42.11% (of those who voted; there was one abstention) voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

On the third amendment, Article 2 of the Border Wall Location Adjustment Act, which would clarify that new accounts who have joined the server to go through the immigration process would not automatically become citizens of SimDemocracy until that process is complete, 48.72% (of those who voted; there was one abstention) voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

We are 0-3 on amendments this weekend! It's a bloodbath!

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L2TUtZQOfKOfX_O5FL2VN_5JU3lEH0OmbqKHw7q8CZo/edit?usp=sharing

And we have a referendum, this time on three constitutional amendments! Of course, all the information you might need is provided.

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/GNZ5gFW61Gx5Ms7f7

Okay, look, I didn't want to ping you all again either.

But we have a second referendum. This time on one constitutional amendment, with emergency status.

This one's a biggie, so pay attention!

This amendment, Article 1 of the Get alts out of the Senate Amendment, would replace the voting system for electing Senators, changing TEA to D'Hondt. I can talk about the math, and I do a little bit (i.e. barely) on the ballot, but to summarize my summary, under this new system, instead of giving candidates scores, you would have to choose one (1) party to support. Parties, for their part, would submit lists of candidates to be put on the ballot, in some predetermined order of preference. When it comes time to tabulate, seats would be doled out to parties depending on how many votes they got and how many seats they've already won up to that point.

Also, this system will do away with countbacks, and by-elections will not be making a return: rather, party leaders will just get to decide who gets to fill vacancies. (Which is less work for me, if that matters to you.)

As usual for constitutional amendments, a 2/3 majority is required to ratify.

Polls close in 24 hours. I will not be staying up after polls close to tabulate, so expect results probably like Wednesday afternoon or something.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/gAxgrv5h8qT6KhQz7

We have a referendum!

Some days ago, u/Zepz367 was confirmed by the Senate as SimDemocracy's next Registration Officer. Fewer days ago, I was informed of this. And today, we will vote on it.

So go do that.

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/DwWok6ZkoEdQMcYDA

Now let's do our referendum, which had 19 valid votes as things stand currently.

On the question of whether or not to ratify the Speakership Election Amendment, which would tweak the condition under which the Speaker Pro Tempore is called upon to preside over the inaugural session of a new Senate as opposed to the Vice President, 47.37% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HB2XML01OP5P0Ghd7nrnRSTQ7yRD1E52BxbLlyQG5G4/edit?usp=sharing

Okay. Let's get this over with.

We ended up having to strike some votes for fraud again. And I am incredibly tired, so whatever remaining details there are left to be hashed out will be hashed out during the week hopefully. So we're doing this provisionally once again.

Let's do the presidential election! We had 83 valid votes as things currently stand. Which is a lot!

I will note that whatever further changes are made to these results later on, if any, are unlikely to change the winners of either round. Of course, never say never, but I'd be surprised if something did happen.

Here are the final results of the Score round:
- u/lorduckfr [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 93
- u/TherealPhobosGaming [Independent] -- 60
- u/Courious_Giuvi [Senatus Populusque Romanum] -- 48
- u/Cup_Of_Sauce [Fucking Best Party] -- 71
- u/flemish_coconut [Civil Liberties Party] -- 237
- u/ScandinavicScum2000 [Solidarity Party] -- 91
- u/MyPenJustBroke [Momentum Party] -- 108
- u/ClubWonderful4114 [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 194

Congratulations to u/flemish_coconut of the Civil Liberties Party and to u/ClubWonderful4114 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality on being our two highest scorers and continuing to the runoff!

Here are the final results of the Automatic Runoff round:
- u/flemish_coconut [Civil Liberties Party] -- 41
- u/ClubWonderful4114 [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 33

Congratulations to u/flemish_coconut of the Civil Liberties Party and to u/Some_Cellist3056 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality on winning re-election as SimDemocracy's President and Vice President!

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sdoovxuPNEeu8fV3m32GBYoK2JF6Q5p2aa43Zwb3GI4/edit?usp=sharing

One quick note about the spreadsheets: you may notice that they look a little different this time around. I was asked this week to remove timestamps and randomize the order that votes are shown in the public spreadsheets in order to further anonymize them. So that's probably how that's going to be from now on. So yeah.

Now, for the countback.

Congratulations to [PLACEHOLDER]/minecraftfan69420 (on Discord) of the Civil Liberties Party on taking the Senate seat vacated by u/ClubWonderful4114!

Here's the program output: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_6QiV2rWK_o2Wig3QQYsd7Iw4BOvrWPQMYKn6575XA/edit?usp=sharing

There were a lot of fraud votes in this election. Because there were no live counts, my plug for the Discord this week will be that there's more explanation about it there. So...go check.

We had 18 valid votes.

On the question of whether or not to ratify Article 1 of the Reddit Voting Act (RVA) 2026, which would put in place additional requirements for ballot access, especially for Reddit-only voters, 38.89% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

On the question of whether or not to ratify the Slavery is...bad, actually Amendment, which would allow people to immediately resign from anything for any reason (as opposed to the current arrangement which allows for the Senate to pass exceptions to this rule as statute law), 66.67% voted Aye. This reaches the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is ratified.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gyjZ6u_Ck4U-tDIq7ec7GwFrjoYJzGW7HtAYUvtCXCg/edit?usp=sharing

And we have, for the first time in a while I think, a referendum! On two constitutional amendments!

Vote on this too!

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/kCf4YuWggcj5gHVj8

Live counts were on the Discord.

It took us long enough. The results are in!

However, they are provisional, as we are still sorting some things out.

We had 47 valid votes, as things currently stand.

Here are the final results of the Score round:
- u/Sensitive_Basket493 [Independent] -- 1
- u/Com-stock [Independent] -- 26
- u/TechSupport631 [Independent] -- 55
- u/MaintenanceProper176 [Civil Liberties Party] -- 121
- u/flemish_coconut [Civil Liberties Party] -- 121
- u/Democracy-foryou [People's Participatory Socialist Movement] -- 60
- u/Lorduckfr [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 39
- u/LengthinessOne6090 [Momentum Party] -- 12
- u/Cup_Of_Sauce [Fucking Best Party] -- 26

Congratulations to u/MaintenanceProper176 and to u/flemish_coconut, both of the Civil Liberties Party, on being our two highest scorers and continuing to the runoff!

Here are the final results of the Automatic Runoff round:
- u/MaintenanceProper176 [Civil Liberties Party] -- 20
- u/flemish_coconut [Civil Liberties Party] -- 22

Congratulations to u/flemish_coconut of the Civil Liberties Party and to u/Some_Cellist3056 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality on winning the election and becoming SimDemocracy's next President and Vice President!

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aJuHuqC8p_RnoZDRKyCgfPsmmapAn_cVkEELJAs3CwU/edit?usp=sharing

It's election time!

Today, we only have the presidential election for you.

Go vote!

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/uuQJg1nXdzenTJ2aA

And we have an election here!

Go vote for your NationStates Governor!

You have 24 hours here as well.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/9ePcpSY1yBUkkGK66