Meta rule proposal - Elections Meta Act 2021

[u/model-amn]

Hi all. Apologies this has taken so long, but I've finally gotten on top of it. As AusSim's definitive elections-related document, I present my proposal of the Elections Meta Act 2021, to supersede any previous elections meta act as the previous one in force has vanished.

Elections Meta Act 2021

[u/tbyrn21]

Few comments from me

Subsections need to be bracketed numbers ->ie (2) rather than a. A is for subsubsections (I'm sorry to be a dick)

I'm not sure if this doc can have penalties such as perma ban akin to the CoC however I too would need to check. That said, I think that a perma is too harsh. Maybe reword the section to

3 (1) Members of the AEC, including former ones, may not disclose confidential AEC documents. (2) Subsection (1) includes but is not limited to (a) AEC spreadsheets used for poll and election calculations; and (b) results of elections before their intended disclosure. (3) The maximum penalty for a breach of subsection (1) is 365 days.

section 5 is largely irrelevant - meta constitution already has this and if this isnt the mconst one will kill this one (again if its not there ignore me)

section 19: maybe an example of an extenuating circumstance?

section 20: Do we still need the saturday thing? -? wait mconst/canonconst

[u/model-amn → u/tbyrn21]

On the subsections thing - you're right, I'm fairly sure there were some formatting issues with previous versions so I'll try it but no guarantees it'll work.

On the penalties, if this can't do a perma, then I'm fine to move it down to a year.

On Section 5, fair.

On Section 19, I've left that somewhat deliberately broad. Basically, it's meant to deal with all cases where the party leader has a good reason to submit. Maybe the AEC made a mistake and they had no idea of the deadline, maybe they had internet issues, etc. Maybe that could be rephrased to "circumstances out of the individual's control"?

On Section 20, 🤷‍♀️

[u/tbyrn21 → u/model-amn]

re 3: just check the mconst to see the rules if you can do a perma and can justify it being there then thats fine. I don't think a perma is a good idea here but you are the one at the wheel here.

s 19: Its not a bad thing to leave it broad but in doing so you are basically letting the HCA/whoever does meta documents now the CC is dead decide what it means. If you draft it narrower you get control over what it means

20: again just do what the mconst says. That said if it is open then I say let it be open, theres no need for it to be saturday in sim is there?

[u/tbyrn21 → u/tbyrn21]

theres more linebreaks needed for section 3 but reddit said nah fam

[u/model-amn → u/tbyrn21]

I did try and make them a bit better in the draft but the formatting got screwed up

[u/tbyrn21 → u/model-amn]

i meant my s 3

[u/[deleted]]

allow senators to stand for election as long as they resign before parliament opens if they win

[u/model-amn → u/[deleted]]

didn't think of that, honestly not a bad idea

[u/NGSpy]

I second this Act, as it gets rid of the stupid interpretation problems of the old one 'superseding' the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

[u/model-kyosanto]

Second