03-20-2014, 08:38 AM
Universal Suffrage Act
A resolution to once more prove that Arse and Elbow has no clue what they're talking about.
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Category: Furtherment of Democracy | Strength: Significant | Proposed by: <a class="" href="http://www.nationstates.net/nation=elke_and_elba">Elke and Elba</a>
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Description: ACKNOWLEDGING that the legitimacy of the government of each and every member state is determined by the will of all of its constituents citizens,
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FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING that an acknowledgement of such will is largely only possible through elections - of which results are determined by the votes of all of its citizens,
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The World Assembly,
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MANDATES that all citizens are allowed to vote in elections held in their respective states provided that the said citizen has:
- not been certified to be mentally incompetent to give any form of informed consent,
- attained the minimum age of voting,
- not been disenfranchised due to conviction of a criminal offence, and;
CLARIFIES that,
- nothing in this resolution forces member nations to hold elections where no elections are held,
- nothing in this resolution disallows member nations to extend suffrage to citizens and inhabitants not covered under this resolution, and,
- nothing in this resolution forcibly sets a minimum age of voting on member states, which are free to set one as the respective member states deem fit.
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Forum thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic....9&t=287097
Vibrant Coconuts
WA Advisor to the The South Pacific
Also known as Gruenberg
, Quintessence of Dust
and The Dark Star Republic
, Quintessence of Dust
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