Edict of Providence, 1798

[John Ivory 4547]

EDICT OF PROVIDENCE

10th of Owyn’s Flame, 1798

 

 

An edict to amend the Edict of Reform (1763), providing for districting in national elections.

 

SECTION I: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

 

The House of Commons shall comprise twelve seats. Seats will be apportioned on the basis of organic districts. The borders of these districts, and the number of seats out of twelve to be apportioned to each, shall be amended once every ten years, coinciding with a national census. Seats in the House of Commons will be filled by virtue of a national election called by the Crown.

 

The nomenclature of a member of the House of Commons shall be, upon election, “Representative-elect.” Before taking his seat, a Representative-elect shall take the oath of office as administered by a judicial officer, or an officer determined by the House, after which he shall be known as “Representative,” with “The Honorable” as a prefix.

 

SECTION II: ELECTIONS

 

The twelve seats of the House of Commons shall be apportioned on a district basis.

 

Election districts may be added and subtracted at the discretion of the Department of Civil Affairs, and subject to redistricting once every ten years. The amount of seats per district shall be reapportioned once every ten years, calculated by the proportional number of valid votes cast by a district in a ten-year cycle.

 

Candidates for election must be valid residents of a district as determined by the Department of Civil Affairs in accordance with census records. Electors must reside in the district which they are voting in, as validly ascertained by the national census.

 

National elections shall be conducted by single transferable vote, whereby the electorate signals its preference for all candidates on a ballot in number order. If endorsed by a faction, caucus, or party deemed sufficiently legitimate by the Department of Civil Affairs, a candidate shall be permitted to list their affiliation on an election ballot.

 

National elections shall be conducted by the Department of Civil Affairs in all districts.

 

Any part of the Edict of Reform (1763) not explicitly amended by this amendment edict or another amendment edict shall be construed as remaining in effect.

 

ISSUED AND PROCLAIMED, 

Anne I, by the grace of GOD Holy Orenian Empress, forever August, Queen of Renatus, Curon, Salvus and Seventis, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Adria, Novellen and Lorraine, Baroness of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera.

 

Joseph II, by the grace of GOD Holy Orenian Emperor, forever August, King of Renatus, Curon, Salvus, and Seventis, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Adria, Novellen and Lorraine, Baron of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera.