Endorsement Cap Amendment (Adjusted Caps)

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[b]Purpose[/b]

The amendment seeks to implement common-sense changes to the Act to ensure a more effective and fair application, including more reasonable endorsement caps, temporary former Delegate exclusions, and accounting for attempts to reduce one's endorsement count below the endorsement cap.

[b]Implementation[/b]

The amendment shall be implemented immediately.

[b]Author[/b]

[nation]Llorens[/nation]

[b]Signatory[/b]

[nation]New Samon[/nation]

[b]Result[/b]

Passed by the General Assembly on 1 July 2020. Required a majority in favour to pass.

[spoiler=Yes (7)]
Antinios
Argentigrad
Dyl
Kavagrad
New Samon
Nottinhaps
Sincadenas
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[spoiler=No (0)]
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[spoiler=Abstain (0)]
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[box][size=140][b]Existing Law[/b][/size]

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[list=1][*]An endorsement cap shall be fixed monthly at two-thirds of the endorsements of the Secretary, rounded to the nearest ten, commencing from the time at which the Secretary assumes the Delegacy
[*]Any nation, excluding the Secretary, that exceeds the endorsement cap shall be warned via telegram by an authority delegated by the Secretary
[*]If a nation fails to comply with the endorsement cap seven days following said warning, or an extended period as determined by the Secretary, they shall be ejected from the region[/list][/box]


[box][size=140][b]Proposed Law[/b][/size]

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[list=1][*]The maximum number of endorsements allowed for a nation, henceforth known as the endorsement cap, shall be:
[list=a][*]Announced by the Minister of Information on the first day of each month
[*]Set at 80% of the endorsements of the Secretary, rounded to the nearest ten, for nations endorsing the Secretary
[*]Set at 20% of the endorsements of the Secretary, rounded to the nearest ten, for nations not endorsing the Secretary[/list]
[*]If a nation exceeds the endorsement cap, the following shall apply:
[list=a][*]The Minister of Information shall telegram the nation requesting that they actively seek to reduce their endorsement count below the endorsement cap
[*]If the nation does not actively make any meaningful attempt to comply with the request within 7 days, or an extended period as deemed appropriate by the Minister of Information, they shall be ejected from the region[/list]
[*]An outgoing Secretary shall be granted a four-week grace period from the time at which they lose the Delegacy to reduce their endorsement count below the endorsement cap, after which the aforementioned process may be initiated[/list][/box]