"A coalition of Americans united for the purpose of establishing truly representative government."
Introduction:
The Rules 1-32 are proposed as the permanent
rules by the MP’s of the 8th US Parliament (2008-2012)
whose purposes shall include scheduled ballot release on
4/20/2012 and vote count on 8/6/2012 of the
8th US Parliament Election.
Parliament Arrangement and Elections: General
1. RANKED VOTING ONLY: All voting and vote counting shall be
in the form of ranked ballots only (and eballots when practical
and verifiable). Consecutive numbers beginning with the
#s 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. etc. must always be used when marking names
on (e)ballot of all alternatives or names.
Not acceptable are the use of "x"s, check marks, indecipherable
writing, punch the hole which sometimes results in unwanted chad,
click the dot, raise the hand, or any symbol whatsoever
other than one or more consecutive numerals beginning
with the number one. All forms of plurality voting, or first
past the post
(FPTP), are prohibited.
Deviation
from this rule will disqualify the ballot, and the ballot
will be marked spoiled and deemed democratically illegitimate.
2. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, AS INITIAL CONTACTS:
The US Parliament's elected national assembly shall consist of
100 names elected to "seats" for four year terms. A second vote
count of the same ballots which elected the 100 names will also
be
conducted to elect a President and Vice President to four year
terms.
The two vote counts of all the cast ballots received shall be
conducted on August 6th, 2012. In the first vote count electing
the 100 at-large seats, each name receiving 1% of the votes cast
is elected as one member of parliament, or "MP". In the second
vote count, the first name receiving 33.33% plus one vote is elected
President, and the second name receiving 33.33% plus one vote
is
elected Vice President. Once elected, the President and the
Vice
President serve as the initial contacts for the eventual and ongoing
formations of a ruling coalition, which is the largest majority
of
elected MPs to approve a set of rules.
3. HOW THE VOTE-COUNT WORKS: Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) for
approving the rules, and all other single winner elections:
Everyone's vote goes initially to his or her 1st choice.
If no alternative has a majority, then the alternative with
fewest votes is eliminated, and each of its ballots goes to
voter's next choice. This process of elimination & re-distribution
continues until 1 alternative has a majority of the ballots.
4. THE SAINTE-LAGUE PARLIAMENT SYSTEM for seat allocation in
all multi-seat districts: 1. Divide the election's total
number of votes by the number of seats. This is the 1st quota.
2. Divide this quota into each candidate's votes, and round
off to the nearest whole number. That's that candidate's seat
allocation. 3. If, due to rounding, this awards a number of
seats different from the desired number of seats, then adjust
the quota slightly up or down, till, when paragraph 2 is
carried out, it will award all seats.
5. THE PARTY LEADER within the USP is a label for the highest
ranked name, categorized under each party. Party leaders are
responsible for the distribution of all ballots and rules to
the members of their party/category and lists.
6. CATEGORIZATION AND PARTY NAMES The first and most important
criterion in determining the nominee's party/category is the
nominee's most recently requested or declared party/category in
US Parliament matters. The second most important criterion in
determining the nominee's party/category is determined by the
nominee's state's records, as written by the member while
registering to vote. Appointed members may be categorized with
any party/category that they wish, and the party/category of all
members is considered to be the true one. Elected members may
decide to change or switch their party/categorization at any time.
Members automatically qualify for the ballot in the next election
cycle under the party/category of their choice.
7. STATE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS: States and county subsidiary
elections will conducted in all the states and territories of
the US,
organized into twelve population balanced districts with twelve
population subsidiary districts, referred to as the super states
(states and groups of states) and the mini states (counties and
groups of counties). No existing state or county boundary lines
will be breached by any boundaries drawn up to form the 12
super states and 144 mini states within the US Parliament's
boundaries. All super states and mini states will have the
same rules and dates as the national parliament until new rules
are approved by said elected bodies. Super state election dates
and cycles will fall on the even years between the national US
Parliament/US Presidential Election cycles every four years,
and mini state election dates and cycles will fall on odd
numbered years.
8. The 100 ELECTED NOMINEES and write ins may vote as a member
of
national parliament (MP), member of super state parliament (MSP),
or member of mini state parliament (MMP), to elect the three prime
ministers, two secretaries and one set of rules.
Ballots And Eligibility
9. US CITIZENS ONLY: All adult voters must either reside within
the United States of America, or be a US citizen residing outside
the US. Violation of this or any other rule will automatically
disqualify a ballot.
10. BALLOT VERIFICATION requires only a name of the voter, or
a
witness when no name is used.
11. BALLOTS MUST be post-marked and received between April 20th
and
August 5th, 2012. Any US resident, nominee and/or proxy may
observe
the counting of the ballots. Volunteer counters will conduct
the
vote counting. Choices marked on paper ballots are guaranteed
to be confidential, yet openly viewed by all observers.
12. BALLOTS AND EBALLOTS: All US residents are eligible to vote
in US Parliament Elections during the time between April 20th
and
August 5th. Such ballot may be retype set or altered to specifically
identify their select nominees’ correct name and party affiliation.
All ballots released to public use by the USA Parliament's elected
secretary shall count as a legitimate ballot and shall be presumed
to represent the correct and most current nominee name information.
13. Choices marked on eballots are bound by confidentiality
under
the behavior of officers of the Parliament.
14. BALLOT: ORDER OF NOMINEES and of all subsidiary parliament
and
their ballots, will be determined by the results caused by the
voters’
ranking of the nominees on the ballots. This is known as
the correct consecutive order of nominee.
a: Ties in nominations will be broken through alphabetizing the
names.
b: New nominees will be placed on the ballot in the order that
they were nominated, below higher ranked elected members. The
date of the original nomination may determine the placement in
order on the ballot.
c: If elected members switch party/categories at any time, they
will be placed in the new party/category below all other nominees
already listed. The final order of the prepared ballot will be
determined by the nominees' party name or category, which will
be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order.
15. SPACE FOR THREE OR MORE WRITE-IN choices must be provided
on each ballot, in all elections.
16. EBALLOTS are ballots cast via email. EBALLOTS must be
emailed to vvc@usparliament.org, a private email address used
by
the secretary and observers, for receiving eballots.
No reply email will be sent to voters who cast eballots, unless
the voter indicates that he/she wishes to be self appointed to
the USP, or unless a question regarding verification is raised
by a volunteer vote counter.
17. ONLY ONE SINGLE PARLIAMENTARY BALLOT, IS PERMITTED TO BE
MARKED BY EACH U.S. RESIDENT: All U.S. residents, and U.S.
citizens living abroad, may vote one time and only one time,
during each US Parliament (USP) election cycle. In cases
where a second ballot is cast, only the latter of the two
ballots will be counted, the former will be marked spoiled
and regarded disqualified.
18. ARCHIVES of all records of every ballot cast since the USP
was
founded on August 5th, 1995 when recognized by the US Federal
Elections Commission, are to be kept as proof in the USP’s archives.
19. NOMINEES' STATEMENTS for the "8th USA Parliament Election"
must
be post-marked and received before 4/15/2012. Late statements
shall be included when possible.
Nominations and Resignations
20. NOMINATIONS: Any resident of the United States of America,
living at home or abroad, may nominate up to three names for either
member of parliament or for president or vice president. The
full name of the nominees and nominators will be recorded, made
public and will be available through the US Parliament's secretary's
office. Nominations mailed through US Mail or email, must be
postmarked and received between February 1st and March 31st in
each election cycle. Pacific Standard Time (PST) shall apply
in all time relevant cases, on all election matters. First and
last names are preferred, however all names nominated will be
permitted on the ballot, as well as the party/category of the
nominee.
If party/category not known, the label "[Info. Not Avail.]" will
be used. A nominee's name (and thus identity) may appear on
the
ballot once, so fusion voting is not allowed. Other than the
"automatic nominations" (see next rule #21), only the top twelve
ranked
names of all new nominees within each party /category will
qualify for the ballot, to be ranked below all other names on
the
prepared ballot. The order of these names will be determined
firstly based on the rankings of "nomination ballots", and
secondly by chronological order of the dates that the nominee's
name was received (between 2/1/2012 and 3/31/2012).
21. AUTOMATIC NOMINATIONS OF ELECTED MEMBERS' NAMES IN 100 MEMBER
DISTRICTS: All elected names of the 100 seats, plus the five
executives, the twelve full cabinet ministers and an elected
president and vice president from each of the 12 subsidiary
districts, shall automatically qualify for the ballot in each
four year election cycle, of each and every 100 member district.
22. RESIGNATIONS. When any elected member, executive or minister
stands down, resigns, retires, or dies - the transfer of office
will be presented to the 2nd preferred choice on the same voters'
ballots (STV) for that seat and respective seat garnered in each
election.
23. NOMINATION SEASON DORMANCY: All votes of confidence and
elections of executives or cabinet members shall pause during
the nomination period from February 1st to March 31st of each
Parliament's election year.
Election Ethos and Bylaws
24. FOR SINGLE-WINNER ELECTIONS, such as election of a set of
rules, the single transferable vote system (STV, Droop) will be
used through preference voting.
25. TIE VOTES will be broken by calling new elections.
26. VOTES OF CONFIDENCE for the Prime Minister (also known as
Taoiseach), secretary and/or rules, may be collected at any time,
by any member of the US Parliament, and in subsidiary parliaments.
27. THE TRIPLE PRIME MINISTER/DUAL SECRETARY SYSTEM will be
implemented in the 8th US Parliament, and executive decisions
will be made by the five (known as "executives"), in a majority
rule vote, of at least 3/5ths of the three prime ministers and
two secretaries. Only three of the five executive members are
needed
to implement actions by the executive as a whole. Rule #4 will
be
the voting system used for election of the three prime ministers
and
the two secretaries, as a three member district (three prime ministers),
and as a two member district (two secretaries). The two districts
combined are the elected five executives. (Sainte-Lague)
28. THE TWELVE FULL CABINET MINISTERS: The US Parliament's
national, and all super-state and mini-state assemblies, shall
also elect 12 Full Cabinet Ministers, and each of the five
executives agree to rank all names nominated by each of the other
four executives, thus guaranteeing that each of the five executives
elects 1/5th of the 12 cabinet ministers. All ministries with
lower
ranked names shall be known as deputy ministers, and all nominees
not elected shall be grouped as ministers awaiting higher rankings
by executives. Once all twelve full ministries are elected,
the executives shall take turns nominating new names to the cabinet,
unless the parliamentary go-ahead is given, at which time new
nominees automatically receive all other four executive's
#1 rankings, and thus automatically elect up to three new
nominees to any of the 12 Full Minister positions in the Cabinet.
Permanence And Ad Hom/ Inalienable Rights.
29. PERMANENCE. These Rules nor intent purpose and function will
not change once approved by majority vote by the elected members,
or MPs, of the 8th USA Parliament. These rules shall apply to
the 8th USA Parliament's Election and the subsidiary state, and
county parliaments' elections, unless they are voted down by
majority on or before 4/20/2012.
30. NO PERSON MAY BE CENSORED, and no limits may be placed on
free
speech by/of any other person or nominee, including US Parliament
elected members and staff, at any time. An act of such is analogous
to the present federal government action (speaker)‘s words are
to
be taken down. Party/category's names may not be used in such
a
way that slanders or libels names of any person, or other
party/categories or individuals. Those that refuse to comply,
by continuing to libel others through their choice of party name,
will be categorized as members of the Anarchist Party. Elected
members
using a name or pseudonym rather than their actual name, which
libels,
slanders or mimics (such as incorrect spellings), shall have their
name censored, and instead will be known only as Anonymous.
31. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY shall include overseeing the communication
link between members. The secretary calls for new elections when
ties occur, and helps oversee convening and recessing of each
parliament assembly. Contact the US Parliament via telephone
530.589.5294 or the web site at http://www.usparliament.org for
obtaining
more information.
32. Referendum of 8th USA Parliament
Archive Additions: A Parliamentary album focused on comment, debate
and collection inclusive of local, state, and federal corruption
and police / public
office exploitation or crime conducted by such persons.(ad Hoc. The
president's
executive privilege is no less anarchic than the meter maids side
business of
meth dealing) The focus of the record is not to generalize public
service
institutions as evil (i.e. Fk the Police) but to decide what are
the correct
ways in which that service can be carried out, or should, so that
outlaws
and poor candidates are then clearly also disciplined along with
the
administration hiring of poor choice or partisanship.
MPs, MSPs and MMPs of the 100 elected member groups, are encouraged
to participate through a sort of national shadow Attorney General
communication tree.
Reference: AK/S: Authoritarian Knacker/Sack.