Electoral Conduct Amendment (Mass Campaigning)

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[b]Purpose[/b]

The amendment seeks to cement the Supreme Court ruling on mass telegrams and to expand the same limitations to mass dispatches.

[b]Implementation[/b]

The amendment shall be implemented immediately.

[b]Author[/b]

[nation]Vandensia[/nation]

[b]Signatory[/b]

[nation]Dyl[/nation]

[b]Result[/b]

Passed by the General Assembly on 25 November 2020. Required a majority in favour to pass.

[spoiler=Yes (6)]
Antinios
Dyl
Nangka
New Samon
Sincadenas
Wascoitan
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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][*]Platforms utilised by a significant proportion of the region for communication purposes, including, but not limited to, NationStates and the regional Discord server, shall henceforth be known as regional platforms
[*]Individuals may not utilise any official powers they have on regional platforms to:
[list=a][*]Campaign for themselves or another candidate during an election with intent
[*]Campaign for or against a constitutional amendment up for discussion or referendum with intent
[*]Knowingly and purposely damage, or attempt to damage, any candidate's campaign as their sole intent[/list]
[*]A member of the election committee may not:
[list=a][*]Be a candidate running in the relevant election, unless absolutely necessary as dictated by the Constitution
[*]Share the details of the election results to any individual not part of the committee until after the relevant voting period has ended
[*]Reveal the vote of any individual at any time during or after the relevant voting period
[*]Use their position in the electoral committee, or knowledge of any private or classified information gained from serving in the said position, for malicious intent
[*]Intentionally misrepresent the true outcome of an election
[*]Maliciously tamper with votes[/list]
[*]An individual may not send a mass telegram to voters to campaign for or against any candidate during an election, or a constitutional amendment up for discussion or referendum
[*]Any violation(s) of these provisions shall be regarded as a criminal offence[/list][/box]


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

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[list=1][*]Platforms utilised by a significant proportion of the region for communication purposes, including, but not limited to, NationStates and the regional Discord server, shall henceforth be known as regional platforms
[*]Individuals may not utilise any official powers they have on regional platforms to:
[list=a][*]Campaign for themselves or another candidate during an election with intent
[*]Campaign for or against a constitutional amendment up for discussion or referendum with intent
[*]Knowingly and purposely damage, or attempt to damage, any candidate's campaign as their sole intent[/list]
[*]A member of the election committee may not:
[list=a][*]Be a candidate running in the relevant election, unless absolutely necessary as dictated by the Constitution
[*]Share the details of the election results to any individual not part of the committee until after the relevant voting period has ended
[*]Reveal the vote of any individual at any time during or after the relevant voting period
[*]Use their position in the electoral committee, or knowledge of any private or classified information gained from serving in the said position, for malicious intent
[*]Intentionally misrepresent the true outcome of an election
[*]Maliciously tamper with votes[/list]
[*]An individual may not use mass telegrams or mass dispatches to campaign for or against any candidate during an election, or a constitutional amendment up for discussion or referendum
[list=a][*]A mass telegram is defined as any telegram that uses a format which is either easy to individualize to a recipient nation or ambiguous towards what nations it is addressed to altogether, sent across any number of nations for the purpose of campaigning to them
[*]A mass dispatch is defined as any dispatch that directly tags any number of nations for the purpose of campaigning to them[/list]
[*]Any violation(s) of these provisions shall be regarded as a criminal offence[/list][/box]