Act of Parliament A.P.018 | Alexandrian Electoral Act

[Real42]

PARLIAMENT VOTE: 6-0-0

A
Bill
To
Establish Election Procedures​

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Alexandrian Electoral Act’.

(2) This Act shall be numbered as P.B.00-023.

(3) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(4) This Act has been authored by Deputy Prime Minister TheReal42Person.

(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Prime Minister casualgreyknight.

2 - Reasons
(1) The Kingdom of Alexandria currently has no election law.

(2) Its system of elections is outlined in the Constitution, but not expanded upon.

(3) Elections should be a matter of stable law, not Ministry policy.

(4) Note: This act is based on Redmont’s Electoral Act.

(5) Note: This act references bills that have not yet become law. If one of these bills does not become law, this act must be amended to exclude that reference.

3 - Election Integrity
(1) In order to ensure the integrity of our elections, a special position called the Electoral Adjudicator shall be established within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(2) The Electoral Adjudicator shall be appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs with consent of a supermajority of the Parliament, and shall only serve for the time of a general election.

(a) The previous Electoral Adjudicator shall automatically be re-appointed for any Special Elections during the next Parliamentary term.​

(3) The Electoral Adjudicator shall have full authority and oversight over election data, setup, management, and employees.

4 - General Election Schedule
(1) This section shall only apply to General Elections.

(2) General Elections shall operate on an eight-day schedule.

(3) A Submission Period shall open as soon as is practicable after the dissolution of Parliament, and close after 120 hours (5 days).

(4) A Voting Period shall open as soon as is practicable after the closing of the Submission Period, and close after 72 hours (3 days).

(5) Votes shall be tabulated and results shall be announced as soon as is practicable after the closing of the Voting Period.

5 - Party and Candidate Declarations
(1) A complete party declaration shall consist of the following:

(a) The party's name and abbreviation.​

(b) A link to the party's registration thread with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.​

(c) An ordered list of candidates to be elected to seats earned by that party in the election. For the purposes of this Act, a party “sponsors” a candidate during an election when they include that candidate on the list required by this paragraph.​

(d) A manifesto outlining the party's platform.​

(2) A political party may not sponsor a greater number of candidates than the number of seats up for election.

(3) Independent candidates shall submit complete party declarations to qualify for the ballot.

(a) Notwithstanding any other part of this Act, independent candidates need not submit a party list.​

(4) Parties must submit a complete declaration before the closing of the Submission Period to qualify for the ballot.

(a) Parties may initially file an incomplete declaration, and may edit their declaration as many times as they wish before the closing of the Submission Period.​

(b) This subsection shall also apply to independent candidates.​

(5) In addition to submitting a complete declaration, independent candidates must gather at least 5 signatures on a petition in a location to be designated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(a) Signatures may only be accepted from citizens of the Kingdom of Alexandria who meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(1) of this Act.​

(b) If the Ministry designates a Discord channel as the petition location, the Ministry must accept :Aye: emote reactions to a post submitted by an independent candidate as a signature to that candidate’s ballot petition.​

(6) Parties who do not meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(3) of this Act shall be disqualified. No disqualified party shall appear on the ballot.

(7) Candidates who do not meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(2) of this Act shall be disqualified. Disqualified party-sponsored candidates are removed from their party’s list. Disqualified independent candidates shall not appear on the ballot.

(8) The Ministry shall give clear and concise reasoning for each candidate or party disqualification. At least two Electoral Officers shall review all candidate and party disqualifications and certify their validity before said disqualifications are announced to the public.

6 - Poll Configuration
(1) General Elections shall use a single preferential poll.

(a) Each qualified party or independent candidate shall appear on this poll.​

(b) Voters shall be permitted to rank one or more choices at this poll.​

(2) Parties shall be listed on the ballot by their official abbreviation. Independent candidates shall be listed on the ballot by their username.

(3) No less than two Electoral Officers shall review the configuration of the polls and certify their correctness before opening the voting period.

7 - General Terms for Adjudication
(1) This section shall only apply to General Elections.

(2) Voters shall rank one or more candidates in order of preference on each ballot.

(3) Ballots shall be counted according to a single transferable vote system defined in §8. In this step, independent candidates will directly clinch seats, and parties will accumulate transferred votes to earn greater proportional representation in the next step.

(4) After ballots are counted, seats shall be apportioned among the parties based on the number of votes won by candidates from each party using the procedure defined in §9.

(5) After seats are apportioned, candidates are elected to seats using the procedure defined in §10.

(6) From time to time, a random selection may be required to advance election adjudication. All random choices must be made by a digital random-number generator, from which a specific response cannot be elicited, within clear view of the public.

(a) If a computer program used to adjudicate an election carries out a random selection, the program's random number generator must be manually provided with a seed, which shall be chosen according to the above requirements.​

8 - Single Transferable Party Vote
(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “contender” shall refer to any party or independent candidate appearing on the ballot.

(2) Vote counts shall always be rounded to five decimals of precision (0.00001).

(3) The threshold (quota) for achieving representation in Parliament is calculated by dividing the number of ballots cast by the number of seats up for election.

(4) Any time a ballot is transferred, it becomes attributed to its highest-ranked contender that has not already achieved quota or been eliminated. That contender is the ballot’s next valid choice.

(a) If a ballot has no next valid choice, it shall be considered exhausted and can no longer be attributed to any candidate.​

(5) Surplus votes are transferred using the Gregory Fractional Transfer (GFT) method. Using this method, votes are transferred according to the following procedure:

(a) Calculate a transfer value (T) using the formula T = (V - Q) / V, where V is the number of votes attributed to the contender, and Q is the threshold (quota) for election.​

(b) Reweight each ballot attributed to the contender by multiplying its current weight by the transfer value. Some ballots attributed to the contender may have already been reweighted in a previous step.​

(c) Transfer each reweighted ballot to its next valid choice. Add the weight of each transferred ballot to the vote total of the contender it is now attributed to.​

(6) Initial State: All ballots shall have a weight of 1, and each ballot shall be attributed to its first-choice contender. Each contender shall have as many votes as there are ballots attributed to them.

(7) A contender achieves a quota if, at any point, they have at least enough votes to surpass the threshold.

(8) Any time an independent candidate achieves a quota with more votes than needed to surpass the threshold, the surplus votes are transferred using the GFT method (see subsection (5)).

(9) After any transfer of ballots, if no contender achieved a quota that round, the contender with the fewest votes is eliminated. If two are more contenders are tied with the fewest votes, the tie shall be broken according to the following procedure:

(a) First, step back through previous rounds of transfers and compare the number of votes attributed to each contender until the tie is broken.​

(b) If the tie remains unresolved, then compare the number of ballots which ranked each contender first, then second, then third; continue in that manner until the tie is broken.​

(c) If the tie still remains unresolved, then eliminate one of the tied contenders at random.​

(10) After a contender is eliminated, each ballot attributed to that contender is transferred to its next valid choice at its current weight.

(11) The process of awarding quotas to contenders according to subsections (7), eliminating contenders according to subsection (9), and transferring ballots according to subsections (10) and (8) shall continue until a final state is reached.

(12) Final State: The final state is reached when all contenders have either achieved a quota or have been eliminated.

9 - Proportional Seat Allocation
(1) Eligibility for Seat Allocation: A party or independent candidate is only eligible for seat allocation if that party or independent candidate achieved a quota after the §8 procedure.

(2) The number of seats available to parties is determined by subtracting the number of independent candidates who achieved a quota in the previous phase from the total number of seats up for election.

(3) Seats are allocated to parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.

(a) All available seats are allocated over multiple rounds. One seat is allocated per round.​

(b) In each round, a quotient value is calculated for each party, and the seat for the round is allocated to the party with the greatest quotient.​

(c) The quotient value (Q) for each party is calculated using the formula Q = v / (2s + 1), where:​

(i) v is the number of votes earned by that party, and​

(ii) s is the number of seats already allocated to that party.​

(4) Initial State: All eligible parties start with 0 seats allocated to them. Thus, the quotient value for each party in the first round should be equal to the total number of votes earned by that party.

(5) If two or more parties are tied with the highest quotient value in a given round, the tie shall be broken according to the following procedure:

(a) First, award the seat to the party that earned the most total votes.​

(b) If the tie remains unresolved, compare the number of ballots which ranked each party first, then second, then third; continue in that manner until the tie is broken.​

(c) If the tie still remains unresolved, award the seat to a party chosen at random.​

(6) Final State: The final state is reached once all available seats have been apportioned.

10 - Candidate Election
(1) First, all independent candidates who achieved a quorum after the §8 procedure are elected to seats.

(2) Next, party candidates shall be elected in the order in which they appear on their respective party's list.

(a) If a party does not sponsor enough candidates on their list to fill all of the seats allocated to them, each unfilled seat shall be declared vacant, but under the control of that party.​

(3) Parties who control vacant seats shall appoint a citizen to fill each vacancy no less than 14 days after the results of the general election are announced. After 14 days, a special election shall be held to fill any seats which are still vacant.

(a) This 14-day deadline shall supersede any other statutory deadline for filling vacant seats.​

11 - Parliamentary Special Elections
(1) In the event of a vacancy in Parliament, if Parliament cannot agree on a replacement within 72 hours, a Special Election shall be held.

(a) If Parliament has been convened for 77 days or longer, or a General Election is scheduled within two weeks of the vacancy opening, a Special Election will not be called, and the seat shall remain vacant for the remainder of the term.​

(2) To the greatest extent possible, and unless superseded by a provision of this section, all provisions of this Act which do not apply only to General Elections shall apply to Special Elections.

(3) Election Timeline. A Special Election shall consist of a 72-hour Submission Period, followed by a 24-hour Voting Period.

(4) Special Elections are contested by individual candidates. Each candidate who wishes to appear on the ballot shall submit a complete candidate declaration by the end of the Submission Period, which shall consist of the following (supersedes §5(1)):

(a) The candidate’s Minecraft username.​

(b) The candidate’s party affiliation, if any.​

(c) A manifesto outlining the candidate’s platform. It shall be permitted for a candidate to adopt the manifesto of a political party as their own.​

(5) Registered parties shall submit a list of sponsored candidates by the end of the Submission Period.

(a) Candidates who qualify to appear on the ballot, but do not appear on any party’s list of sponsored candidates, shall be treated as independent candidates. (i.e. their party affiliation is considered to be “Independent” or “IND”).​

(b) Unregistered or otherwise ineligible parties may not sponsor candidates during a Special Election.​

(6) Polls shall be configured following the terms of §6 of this Act, with the following exceptions:

(a) Each qualified candidate shall appear on the poll, listed by their Minecraft username and their party affiliation. (supersedes §6(1)(a) and §6(2))​

(7) Special elections shall be adjudicated by carrying out the procedure defined by §8 of this Act, and electing all candidates who achieve a quota to a seat, with the following exceptions:

(a) The term “contender”, as used in §8 of this Act, shall refer to any candidate appearing on the ballot in a Special Election. (supersedes §8(1))​

(b) Surplus votes are transferred from all candidates who achieve a quota, regardless of that candidate’s party affiliation. (supersedes §8(8))​

(c) The final state is reached under the following circumstances (supersedes §8(12)):​

(i) If, at any point, the number of candidates who have achieved a quota is equal to the number of seats up for election, the final state has been reached. No further action is necessary.​

(ii) If, at any point, the number of candidates who have not achieved a quota or been eliminated is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election minus the number of candidates who have achieved a quota, all remaining candidates are elected to a seat. After this, the final state has been reached.​

(8) Following a special election, each newly filled seat shall be placed under the control of the party who sponsored the candidate elected to that seat.

12 - Post-Election Transparency
(1) For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined:

(a) “Raw ballot” - An entry in the list of submitted votes generated by the election plugin and retrieved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after polls are closed.​

(b) “Metadata” - Information generated by the election plugin alongside a raw ballot, including, but not limited to, the ballot ID number, and the ballot submission timestamp.​

(2) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall release the following materials no more than 72 hours following the announcement of the results of each election:

(a) A list of anonymized raw ballots with metadata removed and the order reshuffled so that it is no longer chronological.​

(b) Any spreadsheets or other documents used to adjudicate the election.​

(c) The source code, input, and output of any computer programs used to adjudicate the election.​

(3) Notwithstanding any other part of this Act, or any other law, no raw ballot may be released with accompanying metadata which may be used to identify a particular voter.

13 - Election Fraud Process
(1) Where electoral results are flagged for fraudulent behavior, the Government will be responsible for contesting the votes in Court.

(a) The previous government shall remain in power temporarily while the dispute is resolved.​

14 - Electoral Officers
(1) The following positions shall be considered Electoral Officers:

(a) Electoral Registrar - Responsible for collecting declarations, configuring polls, and posting notices during the election.​

(b) Electoral Director - Responsible for overseeing election operations.​

(c) Electoral Adjudicator - Responsible for tabulating and announcing election results.​

(2) Electoral Officers are charged with ensuring that elections are carried out in accordance with the wording and spirit of this act.

(3) Electoral Officers are charged with ensuring that elected offices with activity requirements are met and maintained.

(4) Electoral Officers are charged with serving as the stewards of free and fair elections.

15 - Polling Places
(1) Polling places are selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(a) Consideration must be taken to ensure accessibility, convenience, and efficiency for voters (major landmarks, access to /spawns and public transportation).​

(b) Polling places must be on public land or in public buildings.​

(c) There must be at least one polling place in the Ministry of Internal Affairs building.​

16 - Electoral Emergency
(1) The Minister of Internal Affairs has the exclusive power to declare an electoral emergency.

(2) An electoral emergency is called when an in-game election cannot be conducted reliably in-game.

(3) Under an electoral emergency, all elections will be conducted on the forums until declared otherwise by the Minister of Internal Affairs.

17 - Eligibility Requirements
(1) To be eligible to vote in an election, an individual must:

(a) Be a citizen of the Kingdom of Alexandria.​

(b) Have at least 4 hours (4h) of playtime logged within the past 30 days (30d).​

*Struck as per Ameslap v. Crown, Case 12 (Ch. 2025)​

(2) To be eligible to participate in an election as a candidate (including as an independent candidate), an individual must:

(a) Meet the voter eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (1).​

(b) Have a total of 6 hours (6h) of playtime logged.​

(c) Not be convicted of any crime, or otherwise subject to any legal penalty, which would bar said individual from serving in Parliament.​

(3) To be eligible to participate an election, a political party must:

(a) Be registered and in good standing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.​

(4) To the greatest extent possible, the Ministry of Internal Affairs shall assess all eligibility requirements at the closing of the Submission Period.

(a) To the greatest extent permitted by the election plugin, a voter's eligibility shall be assessed at the moment they attempt to cast a ballot.​

 

[WackJap]

Pokemon go to the polls

 

[Real42]

PARLIAMENT VOTE: 5-0-1

A
Bill
To
Amend the Alexandrian Electoral Act​

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Emergency Electoral Amendment’.
(2) This Act shall be numbered as P.B.00-028.
(3) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(4) This Act has been authored by Deputy Prime Minister TheReal42Person.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Minister winterwolf.

2 - Reasons
(1) Although MMP could be considered closed-list, the fact that it allows for candidate votation would, in fact, consider it an open-list system. This is unconstitutional.
(2) The party share currently enables more than the amount of seats available to be filled due to rounding.

3 - Section 4 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:
'(3) Independent candidates are to declare their candidacy before the submission period is over.

(3) Each party is to be listed separately on the ballot.
(a) For the purposes of an election, all independent candidates shall be considered one party.'
Subsequent subsections shall be renumbered accordingly.

4 - Section 5 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:
'5 - Closed List-Mixed Proportional Representation Closed-List Proportional Representation
(1) Voting Process. Voters cast a vote for a single political party, called a ‘party vote’, and cast a vote for a candidate of their choice, called a ‘candidate vote’.

(2) Seat Allocation. The seats shall be allocated amongst the parties to match the percentage of party votes each party received, rounded to the nearest integer.
(a) For example, if there are 12 seats up for election and Party A received 30% of the party votes, Party A would receive 3.6 seats, rounded up to 4.

(2) Seat Allocation. Seats shall be allocated to each party using the D'Hondt method. In this system, successive quotients are calculated for each party using the following formula: q=v/(s+1).
(a) 'Q' represents the quotient for that round.
(b) 'V' represents the total votes the party received.
(c) 'S' represents the number of seats the party has been allocated so far, initially zero (0) for all parties.

(3) Example for Seat Allocation. Four parties are competing for 12 seats in Parliament. Parties A, B, C, and D respectively earn 25, 13, 18, and 7 votes.
(a) Party A's quotient for the first round will be 25/(0+1), which equals 25. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.
(i) Party A received the highest quotient of 25 in the first round, and is allocated 1 seat.
(b) In the second round, Party A's quotient will be 25/(1+1), which equals 12.5. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.
(i) Party C received the highest quotient of 18 in the second round, and is allocated 1 seat.

(4) Candidate Election. Each individual candidate, grouped by party, shall be ordered elected by the number of candidate votes they received order in which they are listed.
(a) For example, within Party A, which received 4 seats, only the top 4 voted listed candidates will receive the seats in Parliament.
(i) Note: This example is separate from the previous scenario.

(4) Tie-Breaker. In the event that multiple candidates within a party tie for the last remaining seat that the party won, a runoff shall be held between the candidates.
(a) The candidate who wins a plurality shall win the seat for that party.

(5) Excess Seats. In the event of, due to rounding, that an extra seat or seats is/are remaining, the extra seat shall be allocated to the party which won the largest percentage of party votes.

(5) Winner Determination. This process is repeated for all parties until all seats are filled.'

 

[WackJap]

i hear yall are going to FIX the constitution to allow independents down the line. with that in mind,

 

[CoolCat]

A
BILL
TO
Amend the Alexandrian Electoral Act
To Establish a Mixed-Member Proportional Voting System and Allow for Independents to Run​

1 — Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as ‘Indies and MMP Act’ or ‘MMP-Act’.
(2) This Act may be numbered P.B. 01-045.
(3) This Act shall be enacted when both of the following conditions are met:

(a) This Act has received assent from His Majesty the King.​

(b) The IND Act has attained Constitutional status through referendum.​

(4) This Act has been authored by Member of Parliament ItsStormcraft.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Member of Parliament Capt11543.

[...]

3 — Declaration
§4 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:

“(1) Parties are to submit their official candidate list endorsements for direct mandates and their party list for proportional seat allocation during the submission period.​

[...]​

(1a) Direct Candidates are to declare their candidacy during the submission period.​

(a) They must declare which party they are running with, or that they are running as an independent.​

(b) If running with a political party, they must have the endorsement of that party.​

(c) If running as an independent, they shall make a post in a petition thread opened by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the beginning of the Declaration period where they shall state: “I, <name>, will contest a direct mandate as an independent.”​

(i) This post must obtain five or more Aye-Reactions before the beginning of the voting period for the candidate to be listed.​

[...]​

(2a) Direct Candidates are to submit their candidate manifesto on or before the fifth day of the election.​

(a) A candidate manifesto must consist of the candidate's policies and agenda.​

(3) Each party or candidate is to be listed separately on the ballot.​

[...]”​

4 — General Terms of the MMP-System
§5 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be renamed to “General Terms” amended as follows:

“(1) Voting Process. Voters cast three votes of which they cast one ranked choice vote for a direct candidate — the candidate vote — as well as two for distinct political parties — one primary vote and one substitute vote.​

(a) Before proceeding to seat allocation, if a party is disqualified from seat allocation for any reason, the ballots received by that party are transferred to each respective ballot's substitute vote.​

(2) Seat Allocation. Seats shall be allocated to each party using the Sainte-Laguë method. In this system, successive quotients are calculated for each party using the following formula: q=v/(s*2+1).​

(a) 'Q' represents the quotient for that round.​

(b) 'V' represents the total votes the party received.​

(c) 'S' represents the number of seats the party has been allocated so far, initially zero (0) for all parties.​

(3) Eligibility for Seat Allocation. No political party shall be eligible for a seat allocation unless it receives a number of valid votes equal or greater than the threshold of total valid votes cast divided by the total number of seats available for allocation.​

(a) For the purposes of this act, the formula to calculate eligibility shall be: Threshold = Total Valid Votes Cast/Total Seats to be Allocated​

(b) For the purposes of calculating the threshold, the result shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.​

(c) Parties that are ineligible shall not be included in seat allocation calculation.​

(4) Example for Seat Allocation. Four parties are competing for 12 seats in Parliament. Parties A, B, C, and D respectively earn 25, 13, 18, and 7 votes.​

(a) Party A's quotient for the first round will be 25/(0*2+1), which equals 25. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party A received the highest quotient of 25 in the first round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

(b) In the second round, Party A's quotient will be 25/(1*2+1), which equals 8.33. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party C received the highest quotient of 18 in the second round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

(5) Candidate Election. Each individual candidate, grouped by party, shall be elected by the order in which they are listed.​

(a) For example, within Party A, which received 4 seats, only the top 4 listed candidates will receive the seats in Parliament.​

(6) Winner Determination. This process is repeated for all parties until all seats are filled.​

(2) One half of mandates, rounded up, shall be elected directly through a system of Single Transferrable Vote.​

(3) The remaining mandates shall be allocated to the parties in such a manner so that taken together, proportional representation under Sainte-Laguë is achieved.”​

5 — Detailed Implementation of MMP
(1) Three new Sections shall be inserted after §5 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act numbered §5a – §5c.
(2) First, §5a — Direct Mandates shall be inserted and read the following:

“(1) Voting Process. As their direct vote, voters rank the candidates by preference.​

(a) Minimum five preferences or all candidates if less than five.​

(2) Vote Threshold for Election.​

(a) The threshold (quota) for election is computed by dividing the number of valid ballots by the number of direct mandates plus one.​

(b) If votes for a candidate surpasses this threshold they are immediately elected.​

(i) If an independent is elected, the primary and substitute vote of all ballots contributing to their election shall be reweighted by the following formula:​

(1 - c) * (V - S) / V​

*c is the contribution to the candidates election of each individual ballot.​

*V is the amount of votes the candidate received.​

*S is the number of valid ballots divided by the number of seats of Parliament.​

(c) Vote counts shall always be rounded to five decimals (0.00001).​

(3) Surplus Votes. If a candidate receives more votes than needed to meet the threshold, then the surplus votes are transferred to the next preference on the voters' ballots according to the Gregory method of redistribution.​

(a) The Gregory Fractional Transfer (GFT) Method is a fractional transfer method where all ballot papers are distributed on the election of a candidate but at a fractional value, the Transfer Value.​

(i) All votes for the candidate that has been elected with a surplus are reweighted by multiplying the vote weight by the transfer value.​

(ii) The reweighted votes are then allocated to the next preference indicated on each ballot.​

(iii) The Transfer Value is determined by the formula:​

(V - T) / (V)​

*V is the amount of votes the candidate received.​

*T is the threshold of votes needed to be elected.​

(iv) Vote counts shall always be rounded to five decimals (0.00001).​

(4) Elimination of Low-Scoring Candidates​

(a) If direct mandates remain and all candidates have fewer votes than the threshold, the candidate(s) with the fewest votes is eliminated.​

(b) Where the number of candidates to be eliminated exceeds the amount required to allocate the remaining direct mandates, or there is a tie that otherwise needs to be resolved; the tied candidates will be eliminated sequentially based on the results of the previous round of voting. This process is repeated sequentially through preceding rounds as required.​

(c) Where it is not possible to eliminate in an unresolvable tie, then the tied candidates will be eliminated at random through:​

(i) a random selection within the eye of the public; and​

(ii) through a computer generated choice in a way which a specific response cannot be elicited.​

(d) The votes of the eliminated candidate(s) are then transferred to the next preference on the voters' ballots.​

(5) Repeat Process. Steps 2(b), 3 and 4 are repeated until all direct mandates are allocated.​

(6) Winner Determination. The process continues until all direct mandates are allocated. The candidate with the most votes after the final round of counting is declared the winner of the final mandate.​

(a) If the amount of direct mandates remaining is equal to the amount of candidates, the remaining candidates are elected.”​

(3) Second, §5b — Proportional Representation shall be inserted and read the following:

“(1) All seats not given to independent candidates under §5a of this act shall now be allocated in accordance with Sainte-Lague amongst eligible parties.​

(2) Eligibility for Seat Allocation. No political party shall be eligible for a seat allocation unless it receives a number of valid votes equal or greater than the threshold of total valid votes cast divided by the total number of seats available for allocation.​

(a) For the purposes of this act, the formula to calculate eligibility shall be: Threshold = Total Valid Votes Cast/Total Seats to be Allocated​

(b) For the purposes of calculating the threshold, the result shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.​

(c) Parties that are ineligible shall not be included in seat allocation calculation.​

(3) Before proceeding with seat allocation, if a party is disqualified from seat allocation for any reason, the ballots received by that party are transferred to each respective ballot's substitute vote.​

(4) Seat Allocation. Seats shall be allocated to each party using the Sainte-Laguë method. In this system, successive quotients are calculated for each party using the following formula: q=v/(s*2+1).​

(a) 'Q' represents the quotient for that round.​

(b) 'V' represents the total votes the party received.​

(c) 'S' represents the number of seats the party has been allocated so far, initially zero (0) for all parties.​

(5) Example for Seat Allocation. 12 seats are allocated among 4 parties. The parties A, B, C, and D earn combined 25, 13, 18, and 7 primary and substitute votes respectively .​

(a) Party A's quotient for the first round will be 25/(0*2+1), which equals 25. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party A received the highest quotient of 25 in the first round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

(b) In the second round, Party A's quotient will be 12.5 25/(1*2+1), which equals 8.33. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party C received the highest quotient of 18 in the second round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

(6) Winner Determination. This process is repeated for all parties until all seats are filled.”​

(4) Last, §5c — Candidate Election shall be inserted and read the following:

“(1) First, seats shall be allocated to all elected direct candidates; for those running for a party, only if their party achieved sufficient seats; otherwise, the lowest ranking candidates for that party shall not be considered so that the party receives as many seats as determined under §5b of this Act.​

(2) Second, the remaining seats for each party shall be filled consulting the party lists, with candidates elected in the order in which they are listed, and ignoring any candidates which have already been elected by direct mandate.​

(a) For the case that a party list does not provide with sufficient candidates, a party may make indications to the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the submission period concerning which party the excess seats should be transferred to.​

(b) If any seats remain unfilled, a special election shall be held fourteen days (14d) after the parliamentary term commenced.​

(i) Parliament may abridge this period triggering the special election immediately after a successful motion.”​

 

[CoolCat]

Spoiler: PARLIAMENT VOTE: 8-0-1

VOTE ON AMENDMENT 02: PASSED

PARTY	AYE	NAY	ABS	NV
SKP	4	0	0	1
ALP	2	0	0	0
LP	3	0	1	2
TOTAL	8	0	1	3

Ayes
Capt11543 (LP)
Ibney (SKP)
Bloodyrebals (ALP)
Twiscet (ALP)
Dartanboy (SKP)
Ameslap (SKP)
ConsequencesInc (LP)
ComplexKing (SKP)

Nays

Abstentions
TheStormcrafter (LP)

No Vote
Thritystone (SKP)
zLost (LP)
SeminoTV (LP)

A
BILL
TO
Alexandrian Electoral Act
To Rectify an error which has been discovered in the Indies and MMP Act​

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) may be cited as the Indies and MMP Patch Act
(b) may be numbered as P.B.01-054 (to be assigned by the Office of the Speaker).
(c) shall be enacted immediately upon receiving assent from His Majesty the King.
(d) has been authored by MP Capt11543.
(e) has been co-sponsored by MP ConsequencesInc.

2 - Amendments to the Alexandrian Electoral Act
(1) §5a(2)(b)(i) shall be struck.

(2) §5b - Proportional Representation shall be amended in the following manner:

“(1) All seats not given to independent candidates under §5a of this act shall now be allocated in accordance with Sainte-Lague amongst eligible parties.

(2) An "Independent" option shall be included on the party ballot. For the purposes of seat allocation and candidate election, all independent candidates shall be grouped into an independent bloc represented by this option.

(3) [...]

(4) [...]

(5) [...]

(6) Once the independent bloc has been allocated as many seats as there were independent candidates who won direct mandates, it shall no longer be eligible to receive any more seats, and shall be ignored for the remainder of the seat allocation process.

(7) [...]

(8) [...]”

(3) §5c - Candidate Election shall be replaced with the following text:

“(1) After seat apportionment, direct candidates are elected to seats which have been allocated to their party in order from most to least first-choice votes received on the candidate ballot.
(a) If there are more winning direct candidates from a party than there are seats allocated to that party, then the lower-ranking direct candidates are not elected to seats.

(2) After the direct candidates have been seated, party-list candidates are elected to their respective party’s unfilled seats.
(a) Any party-list candidate who has already been elected as a direct candidate is ignored and the next unelected candidate on the party list is elected instead.

(3) If any party was apportioned seats which it could not fill, it may nominate a member to fill those seats. If any seats remain unfilled after 14 days, a special election must be held to fill those seats.”

 

[Parliament]

This Act has been amended by A.P. 03-027 | Single Transferable Party Vote Act.

2 - Amendments to the Alexandrian Electoral Act
(1) §4 - Electoral Terms and Limitations shall be struck and replaced with the following sections:

“4 - General Election Schedule
(1) This section shall only apply to General Elections.

(2) General Elections shall operate on an eight-day schedule.

(3) A Submission Period shall open as soon as is practicable after the dissolution of Parliament, and close after 120 hours (5 days).

(4) A Voting Period shall open as soon as is practicable after the closing of the Submission Period, and close after 72 hours (3 days).

(5) Votes shall be tabulated and results shall be announced as soon as is practicable after the closing of the Voting Period.

5 - Party and Candidate Declarations
(1) A complete party declaration shall consist of the following:

(a) The party's name and abbreviation.​

(b) A link to the party's registration thread with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.​

(c) An ordered list of candidates to be elected to seats earned by that party in the election. For the purposes of this Act, a party “sponsors” a candidate during an election when they include that candidate on the list required by this paragraph.​

(d) A manifesto outlining the party's platform.​

(2) A political party may not sponsor a greater number of candidates than the number of seats up for election.

(3) Independent candidates shall submit complete party declarations to qualify for the ballot.

(a) Notwithstanding any other part of this Act, independent candidates need not submit a party list.​

(4) Parties must submit a complete declaration before the closing of the Submission Period to qualify for the ballot.

(a) Parties may initially file an incomplete declaration, and may edit their declaration as many times as they wish before the closing of the Submission Period.​

(b) This subsection shall also apply to independent candidates.​

(5) In addition to submitting a complete declaration, independent candidates must gather at least 5 signatures on a petition in a location to be designated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(a) Signatures may only be accepted from citizens of the Kingdom of Alexandria who meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(1) of this Act.​

(b) If the Ministry designates a Discord channel as the petition location, the Ministry must accept :Aye: emote reactions to a post submitted by an independent candidate as a signature to that candidate’s ballot petition.​

(6) Parties who do not meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(3) of this Act shall be disqualified. No disqualified party shall appear on the ballot.

(7) Candidates who do not meet the eligibility requirements defined in §17(2) of this Act shall be disqualified. Disqualified party-sponsored candidates are removed from their party’s list. Disqualified independent candidates shall not appear on the ballot.

(8) The Ministry shall give clear and concise reasoning for each candidate or party disqualification. At least two Electoral Officers shall review all candidate and party disqualifications and certify their validity before said disqualifications are announced to the public.

6 - Poll Configuration
(1) General Elections shall use a single preferential poll.

(a) Each qualified party or independent candidate shall appear on this poll.​

(b) Voters shall be permitted to rank one or more choices at this poll.​

(2) Parties shall be listed on the ballot by their official abbreviation. Independent candidates shall be listed on the ballot by their username.

(3) No less than two Electoral Officers shall review the configuration of the polls and certify their correctness before opening the voting period.”

(2) §5 - General Terms, §5a - Direct Mandates, §5b - Proportional Representation, and §5c - Candidate Election shall be struck, and replaced with the following sections:

“7 - General Terms for Adjudication
(1) This section shall only apply to General Elections.

(2) Voters shall rank one or more candidates in order of preference on each ballot.

(3) Ballots shall be counted according to a single transferable vote system defined in §8. In this step, independent candidates will directly clinch seats, and parties will accumulate transferred votes to earn greater proportional representation in the next step.

(4) After ballots are counted, seats shall be apportioned among the parties based on the number of votes won by candidates from each party using the procedure defined in §9.

(5) After seats are apportioned, candidates are elected to seats using the procedure defined in §10.

(6) From time to time, a random selection may be required to advance election adjudication. All random choices must be made by a digital random-number generator, from which a specific response cannot be elicited, within clear view of the public.

(a) If a computer program used to adjudicate an election carries out a random selection, the program's random number generator must be manually provided with a seed, which shall be chosen according to the above requirements.​

8 - Single Transferable Party Vote
(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “contender” shall refer to any party or independent candidate appearing on the ballot.

(2) Vote counts shall always be rounded to five decimals of precision (0.00001).

(3) The threshold (quota) for achieving representation in Parliament is calculated by dividing the number of ballots cast by the number of seats up for election.

(4) Any time a ballot is transferred, it becomes attributed to its highest-ranked contender that has not already achieved quota or been eliminated. That contender is the ballot’s next valid choice.

(a) If a ballot has no next valid choice, it shall be considered exhausted and can no longer be attributed to any candidate.​

(5) Surplus votes are transferred using the Gregory Fractional Transfer (GFT) method. Using this method, votes are transferred according to the following procedure:

(a) Calculate a transfer value (T) using the formula T = (V - Q) / V, where V is the number of votes attributed to the contender, and Q is the threshold (quota) for election.​

(b) Reweight each ballot attributed to the contender by multiplying its current weight by the transfer value. Some ballots attributed to the contender may have already been reweighted in a previous step.​

(c) Transfer each reweighted ballot to its next valid choice. Add the weight of each transferred ballot to the vote total of the contender it is now attributed to.​

(6) Initial State: All ballots shall have a weight of 1, and each ballot shall be attributed to its first-choice contender. Each contender shall have as many votes as there are ballots attributed to them.

(7) A contender achieves a quota if, at any point, they have at least enough votes to surpass the threshold.

(8) Any time an independent candidate achieves a quota with more votes than needed to surpass the threshold, the surplus votes are transferred using the GFT method (see subsection (5)).

(9) After any transfer of ballots, if no contender achieved a quota that round, the contender with the fewest votes is eliminated. If two are more contenders are tied with the fewest votes, the tie shall be broken according to the following procedure:

(a) First, step back through previous rounds of transfers and compare the number of votes attributed to each contender until the tie is broken.​

(b) If the tie remains unresolved, then compare the number of ballots which ranked each contender first, then second, then third; continue in that manner until the tie is broken.​

(c) If the tie still remains unresolved, then eliminate one of the tied contenders at random.​

(10) After a contender is eliminated, each ballot attributed to that contender is transferred to its next valid choice at its current weight.

(11) The process of awarding quotas to contenders according to subsections (7), eliminating contenders according to subsection (9), and transferring ballots according to subsections (10) and (8) shall continue until a final state is reached.

(12) Final State: The final state is reached when all contenders have either achieved a quota or have been eliminated.

9 - Proportional Seat Allocation
(1) Eligibility for Seat Allocation: A party or independent candidate is only eligible for seat allocation if that party or independent candidate achieved a quota after the §8 procedure.

(2) The number of seats available to parties is determined by subtracting the number of independent candidates who achieved a quota in the previous phase from the total number of seats up for election.

(3) Seats are allocated to parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.

(a) All available seats are allocated over multiple rounds. One seat is allocated per round.​

(b) In each round, a quotient value is calculated for each party, and the seat for the round is allocated to the party with the greatest quotient.​

(c) The quotient value (Q) for each party is calculated using the formula Q = v / (2s + 1), where:​

(i) v is the number of votes earned by that party, and​

(ii) s is the number of seats already allocated to that party.​

(4) Initial State: All eligible parties start with 0 seats allocated to them. Thus, the quotient value for each party in the first round should be equal to the total number of votes earned by that party.

(5) If two or more parties are tied with the highest quotient value in a given round, the tie shall be broken according to the following procedure:

(a) First, award the seat to the party that earned the most total votes.​

(b) If the tie remains unresolved, compare the number of ballots which ranked each party first, then second, then third; continue in that manner until the tie is broken. ​

(c) If the tie still remains unresolved, award the seat to a party chosen at random.​

(6) Final State: The final state is reached once all available seats have been apportioned.

10 - Candidate Election
(1) First, all independent candidates who achieved a quorum after the §8 procedure are elected to seats.

(2) Next, party candidates shall be elected in the order in which they appear on their respective party's list.

(a) If a party does not sponsor enough candidates on their list to fill all of the seats allocated to them, each unfilled seat shall be declared vacant, but under the control of that party.​

(3) Parties who control vacant seats shall appoint a citizen to fill each vacancy no less than 14 days after the results of the general election are announced. After 14 days, a special election shall be held to fill any seats which are still vacant.

(a) This 14-day deadline shall supersede any other statutory deadline for filling vacant seats.”​

(4) §6 - Parliamentary Special Elections shall be struck, and replaced with the following section:

“11 - Parliamentary Special Elections
(1) In the event of a vacancy in Parliament, if Parliament cannot agree on a replacement within 72 hours, a Special Election shall be held.

(a) If Parliament has been convened for 77 days or longer, or a General Election is scheduled within two weeks of the vacancy opening, a Special Election will not be called, and the seat shall remain vacant for the remainder of the term.​

(2) To the greatest extent possible, and unless superseded by a provision of this section, all provisions of this Act which do not apply only to General Elections shall apply to Special Elections.

(3) Election Timeline. A Special Election shall consist of a 72-hour Submission Period, followed by a 24-hour Voting Period.

(4) Special Elections are contested by individual candidates. Each candidate who wishes to appear on the ballot shall submit a complete candidate declaration by the end of the Submission Period, which shall consist of the following (supersedes §5(1)):

(a) The candidate’s Minecraft username.​

(b) The candidate’s party affiliation, if any.​

(c) A manifesto outlining the candidate’s platform. It shall be permitted for a candidate to adopt the manifesto of a political party as their own.​

(5) Registered parties shall submit a list of sponsored candidates by the end of the Submission Period.

(a) Candidates who qualify to appear on the ballot, but do not appear on any party’s list of sponsored candidates, shall be treated as independent candidates. (i.e. their party affiliation is considered to be “Independent” or “IND”).​

(b) Unregistered or otherwise ineligible parties may not sponsor candidates during a Special Election.​

(6) Polls shall be configured following the terms of §6 of this Act, with the following exceptions:

(a) Each qualified candidate shall appear on the poll, listed by their Minecraft username and their party affiliation. (supersedes §6(1)(a) and §6(2))​

(7) Special elections shall be adjudicated by carrying out the procedure defined by §8 of this Act, and electing all candidates who achieve a quota to a seat, with the following exceptions:

(a) The term “contender”, as used in §8 of this Act, shall refer to any candidate appearing on the ballot in a Special Election. (supersedes §8(1))​

(b) Surplus votes are transferred from all candidates who achieve a quota, regardless of that candidate’s party affiliation. (supersedes §8(8))​

(c) The final state is reached under the following circumstances (supersedes §8(12)):​

(i) If, at any point, the number of candidates who have achieved a quota is equal to the number of seats up for election, the final state has been reached. No further action is necessary.​

(ii) If, at any point, the number of candidates who have not achieved a quota or been eliminated is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election minus the number of candidates who have achieved a quota, all remaining candidates are elected to a seat. After this, the final state has been reached.​

(8) Following a special election, each newly filled seat shall be placed under the control of the party who sponsored the candidate elected to that seat.”

(5) §9 - Removal of a Member of Parliament shall be struck, and replaced with the following section:

“12 - Post-Election Transparency
(1) For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined:

(a) “Raw ballot” - An entry in the list of submitted votes generated by the election plugin and retrieved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after polls are closed.​

(b) “Metadata” - Information generated by the election plugin alongside a raw ballot, including, but not limited to, the ballot ID number, and the ballot submission timestamp.​

(2) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall release the following materials no more than 72 hours following the announcement of the results of each election:

(a) A list of anonymized raw ballots with metadata removed and the order reshuffled so that it is no longer chronological.​

(b) Any spreadsheets or other documents used to adjudicate the election.​

(c) The source code, input, and output of any computer programs used to adjudicate the election.​

(3) Notwithstanding any other part of this Act, or any other law, no raw ballot may be released with accompanying metadata which may be used to identify a particular voter.”

(6) §11 - Electoral Officers shall be amended in the following manner:

“14 - Electoral Officers
(1) The following positions shall be considered Electoral Officers:

(a) Electoral Registrar; - Responsible for collecting declarations, configuring polls, and posting notices during the election.​

(b) Electoral Director; - Responsible for overseeing election operations.​

(c) Electoral Adjudicator - Responsible for tabulating and announcing election results.​

[...]"

(7) §12 - Referendums and Recall Elections shall be struck.

(8) §15 - Voting Requirements shall be struck, and replaced with the following section:

"17 - Eligibility Requirements
(1) To be eligible to vote in an election, an individual must:

(a) Be a citizen of the Kingdom of Alexandria.​

(b) Have at least 4 hours (4h) of playtime logged within the past 30 days (30d).​

(2) To be eligible to participate in an election as a candidate (including as an independent candidate), an individual must:

(a) Meet the voter eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (1).​

(b) Have a total of 6 hours (6h) of playtime logged.​

(c) Not be convicted of any crime, or otherwise subject to any legal penalty, which would bar said individual from serving in Parliament.​

(3) To be eligible to participate an election, a political party must:

(a) Be registered and in good standing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.​

(4) To the greatest extent possible, the Ministry of Internal Affairs shall assess all eligibility requirements at the closing of the Submission Period.

(a) To the greatest extent permitted by the election plugin, a voter's eligibility shall be assessed at the moment they attempt to cast a ballot.​

(9) Existing sections within the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be renumbered in the following manner:

“13 - Election Fraud Process
[...]

15 - Polling Places
[...]

16 - Electoral Emergency
[...]”

 

[TheStormcrafter]

§17(1)(b) of this Act has been struck as per Court Order in Ameslap v. Crown, Case 12 (Ch. 2025).