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[Outdated] Electoral System Act 2018
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Section I: Preamble
NOTING the flaws of both Single-Transferable Vote (STV) and Instant Runoff Vote (IRV),
KNOWING that other multi-candidate voting systems exist and may be better than both STV and IRV,
BELIEVING that using another system would improve our elections greatly.
Section II: Provisions
HEREBY decrees:
Sub-Section I: Average Placement System
Both general elections and midterm elections shall use Average Placement in multi-seat elections.
Each voter shall rank the candidates and “Re-open Nominations” (RoN) in order of preference.
1 shall be the highest rank.
The lowest rank shall be equal to one number greater than the total number of candidates.
At the end of the elections, all the ranks received by each candidate shall be added up and divided by the number of voters to find each candidate’s “Average Placement”.
The Average Placement of all candidates and RoN will determine which candidates are elected.
Example of the Average Placement System: Click Here
All nations finishing above RoN and within the available seats (For example, six seats are available in the Senate) shall be elected to office.
If RoN finishes within the available seats, all candidates who placed above RoN shall be elected, and nominations shall re-open for the other seats.
Sub-Section II: Runoffs
Should a single-seat election have more than two candidates and no single candidate receives a majority, a runoff shall be held between the two highest placed candidates.
The runoff shall begin no more than 48 hours after the election ends, and shall last for 36 hours.
The candidate that receives the majority in the runoff shall be elected.
Should more than two candidates be included in the runoff, and no candidate receives a majority in that runoff, the candidate with the least amount of votes in the runoff shall be eliminated, and another round of the runoff will occur.
This shall continue until a candidate receives a majority.
Should a multi-seat election have more candidates than available seats, and a draw occurs between candidates where one (or more) would be able to get a seat while one (or more) would not, a runoff using Average Placement shall be held between them.
The runoff shall begin no more than 48 hours after the election ends, and shall last for 36 hours.
If one seat is being competed for in the runoff, the candidate that receives the highest average placement shall be elected..
If more than one seat is being competed for, the number of candidates elected from the runoff shall be equal to the number of seats being competed for in the runoff.
In the case where more than two candidates must be included in the runoff and a tie for the bottom seat occurs, candidates voted to any other seat in the runoff will be elected and any candidate placing below the tie will be eliminated.
The candidates in the tie will enter a second round of the runoff, in which the candidate with the majority will be elected.
Sub-Section III: Draws
In a case where a single-seat election ends in a draw, the Senate shall vote which of the candidates assume office.
If a draw is between two nations who both received a plurality, they shall go to a runoff rather than a Senate vote.
If the runoff then results in a tie, the draw procedure shall be followed.
The vote shall begin no more than 48 hours after the election ends, and shall last for 36 hours.
The candidate that receives the majority in the Senate is elected.
If there has been a draw, or no candidate has received majority, the Assembly shall vote on the candidates.
Assembly votes shall be added to Senate votes, candidate receiving the majority of the vote is elected.