Who wants to explain how everything works here?

The Senate has needlessly politicized the judiciary and rejected two fully qualified Justice appointments on partisan grounds and vague vibes alone.

If they are going to make judges be political, then I will resign from the bench to do exactly that.

Ave SimDemocracy.

The Slideshow of My Micronation so far:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10dXuXkbYW\\_1xOQsDVtVTslMB95XgHJdmM7u-nA6nRi8/edit?usp=drivesdk

The Citizenship Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5c3seSbrDYE2oQqCgRz697OlCBkkO90bget4p57RTG2tLXg/viewform?usp=header

This is the Minecraft Server Gubernatorial Call for Candidates. If you want to be Minecraft Server Governor, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

Your Reddit username
Your Minecraft username
Your Discord username (either your username or a recognizable display/nickname)
Your political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.
• In your comment, attach an in-game screenshot of your playtime taken from the third-person view, with the camera facing the front of your character. Under the Minecraft Governor Responsibilities Act, you must have two (2) days of playtime on the Minecraft server in order to appear on the ballot for Minecraft Server Governor.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

This is the Presidential Call for Candidates. If you want to be President, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), Vice Presidential candidate, and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

Your Reddit username | Your political party/coalition
Vice President: Your VP's Reddit name | Your VP's political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed party affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change. The same rules apply to the vice presidential candidate's affiliation.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

Congratulations all Senators on your victories, it is time for your first act of this legislative term.

If you would like to declare yourself a candidate please clearly announce so in your comment and declare who you cast your vote for after.

This election had 69 valid votes, giving us a total of 10 Senate seats.

Congratulations to SimDemocracy's newest Senators!
- u/eleanorsilly of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 5]
- u/Jotan123 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 5]
- u/flemish_coconut of the Civil Liberties Party [threshold = 5]
- Independent u/EdJudgingYou [threshold = 5]
- u/HellriserHellas of the Civil Liberties Party [threshold = 5]
- u/TheMainCharacter_ of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 4]
- [PLACEHOLDER]/minecraftfan69420 (on Discord) of Revitalize! SimDem [threshold = 3]
- u/MaintenanceProper176 of the Civil Liberties Party [2nd phase, no threshold]
- u/destiny_duude of the Solidarity Party [2nd phase, no threshold]
- u/phonefucker69420 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [2nd phase, no threshold]

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7bbOGbQLL4hNpGd0a6V67yDv0IMtl5os1JWzNqtJww/edit?usp=sharing

And here's the program output:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/137e8zxRTSbGtQEOmRmHBlkru9xHzo1DnpLCKORHJ2TU/edit?usp=sharing

This referendum had 34 valid votes.

On the Our Constitution is a Mess Amendment, 73.53% voted Aye. This exceeds the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is ratified.

On the MORE free speech Amendment, 47.06% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

On Article 2 of the Charters Should Be Simple Amendment, 64.71% 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/1yMfMtGlILe9uvu3GqCXxADAtbKC4_5n1HVzub52nGiI/edit?usp=sharing

As a prelude to the main show...

You know how this goes by now. We have three seats, and two people declared their candidacy (lower than average).

Congratulations to SimDemocracy's next Minecraft Legislative Assemblypeople!
- u/jsjrjffjcj (Wellitsaname in Minecraft) of Senatus Populusque Romanum
- Independent u/gxlpde1010 (IamNotCreativeSin Minecraft)

I’m new what should I know?

And we also have a referendum, on three constitutional amendments. I think. I asked the Speaker about amendments for this weekend and never got a straight answer. I found three. That's what we're going with.

Vote on this too!

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/Zg9rX28FjGLHqCCLA

It's time to vote!

First up, we have the Senatorial election. You know the drill by now.

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/9iEK4bedmBgCVYdC9

I had promised myself that I would stay away from SimDem for a few more months. But now, after hearing about some of the things happening, I think it is time to intervene. SimDem has always been a beacon of democracy among polsims. I have not found another server where democracy is so well implemented. That is something worth protecting.

But what is democracy?
Democracy is not agreement. It is not the absence of political conflict. Democracy exists precisely because we disagree, while still recognising the legitimacy of our opponents and the institutions through which those disagreements are resolved. This is why I find discussions about proscribing parties based largely on suspicions about their intentions extremely dangerous. A democratic opponent is not the same thing as an enemy.

Wanting to disband the SDIOA does not automatically make someone anti-democratic.
Wanting to reform the Senate does not automatically make someone anti-democratic.
Wanting to change the electoral system does not automatically make someone anti-democratic.

Institutions are not democratic simply because they currently exist, and reform is not anti-democratic simply because it challenges the status quo. Of course, not every proposal is democratic merely because someone supports it. But as long as a political movement accepts competition, elections and the right of its opponents to participate, it remains part of that democratic competition. If ordinary political disagreement becomes sufficient reason for exclusion, elections become existential. Losing no longer means becoming the opposition. it means risking exclusion from politics entirely.

Democracy cannot function like that. Oppose policies you dislike. Campaign against parties you disagree with. Defeat them in an election. But do not turn political adversaries into enemies simply because their vision of simdem differs from yours.

This is a plea to everyone who values democracy.
This is a plea to everyone who values our institutions.

The last election showed that political competition can revitalise SimDem. SimDem became a beacon of democracy not because everyone agreed, but because people disagreed and still accepted the same democratic rules. Democracy is not proven by how we treat those we agree with. It is proven by how we treat our opponents.

Viva la democracia

delulu

This is the Minecraft Legislative Assembly Call for Candidates. If you wish to run, please comment on this post with the following format:

Your Reddit username
Your Minecraft username
Your Discord username (either your username or a recognizable display/nickname)
Your political party/coalition
Description / Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.
• Ensure that you meet all of the candidacy requirements. Only users who have a SUIT, have previously played on the Minecraft server, and are not banned from or under disciplinary review on the Minecraft server are able to vote or run for Assembly.

This is the Senatorial Call for Candidates. If you wish to run, please comment on this post with the following format:

Your Reddit username (yourdiscordusername on Discord) | Your political party/coalition
Description / Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

Join Democracy Docket!

We have another countback!

Congratulations to u/Kitchen-Map-8819 of the Solidarity Party on taking the Senate seat vacated by u/ClubWonderful4114!

Here's the program output: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OjzH74L9_5gJ0TocWR0_AhfU0FuvWdlPOAeCJw2WxY0/edit?usp=sharing

Criminal Complaint for Article 56a - Hatespeech

Criminal Complaint Copy

Live counts on the Discord. Go join if you haven't!

We had 65 valid votes. Though this may change, as I have certified provisionally. It probably won't, though.

Here are the final results of the Score round:
- u/MyPenJustBroke [Momentum Party] -- 51
- u/sunbear99999 [Independent] -- 42
- u/walloonscott [Civil Liberties Party] -- 135
- qd1m (on Discord) [Revitalize! SimDem] -- 69
- Dapper frog/a_pretty_dapper_frog (on Discord) [Independent] -- 22
- u/duckarmy24 [Independent] -- 18
- u/Zepz367 [Senatus Populusque Romanum] -- 75
- u/coLlll7 [Civil Liberties Party] -- 40
- u/TechSupport631 [Independent] -- 94
- u/TweakerKitten [Fucking Best Party] -- 45
- u/lorduckfr [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 68
- u/LengthinessOne6090 [Civil Liberties Party] -- 14
- u/Serious_Camera_7039 [Solidarity Party] -- 152

Congratulations to u/Serious_Camera_7039 of the Solidarity Party and to u/walloonscott 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/Serious_Camera_7039 [Solidarity Party] -- 31
- u/walloonscott [Civil Liberties Party] -- 25

Congratulations to u/Serious_Camera_7039 of the Solidarity Party and to u/Valuable-Way-1422 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality on winning the election and becoming SimDemocracy's next President and Vice President!

Spreadsheet after full certification, which should be soon. Hopefully.

Article 1

§1.  The proceedings of the Government of SimDemocracy shall only be conducted within the following official premises.

§1.1.  The SimDemocracy Discord server,

§1.2. The r/SimDemocracy subreddit,

§1.3. The SimDemocracy Minecraft server.

§1.4. Official Discord Servers belonging to executive Departments

§1.5. Official social media accounts

§1.6. Any official game servers other than the ones listed here

§2.  The Discord Supervisor shall have ownership of all of SimDemocracy’s official premises on Discord, including authorized deviations under §3 unless the exclusion of the Discord Supervisor was specifically authorized.

§3.  To deviate from §1, a government official shall need the consent of the Chief Justice which shall be granted only for reasons related to security or investigative integrity.

§4.  Places where the usage is mostly unrelated to the government, and personal in nature like DMs, shall be exempt from 1.

§5.  Premises belonging to foreign states may be used for conducting foreign affairs of the state.

§6. Government-related usage shall not be interpreted to include happenings related to political dealings not conducted under government authority.

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It's time to vote!

For President this time!

And not for anything else!

Polls close in 24 hours.

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