Electoral Count Reform Bill

Author: Sunipi
Sponsors: Democratized Peoples

Congress hereby agrees,

Article II, Section I of L.R.049 - The Electoral Commission Act (2021) is replaced, to read as follows:

• Section I - As per Article VIII, Section III of the Constitution, elections to the Legislature will use the Single Transferable Vote, and those to the executive shall use Instant Runoff Voting.

  • Sub-section I - When calculating the quota for elections that use the Single Transferable Vote, the Droop formula shall be used.

  • Sub-section II - In the counting of votes for elections which use the Single Transferable Vote, when it comes to re-distributing the surplus of votes over the quota received by a candidate, the Electoral Commissioner shall re-distribute votes by calculating the transfer value of each vote through the weighted inclusive Gregory method, then distributing those votes to the voters' next-placed candidates.

  • Sub-section III - In the event of a tie between two or more candidates for a final seat in an election which utilizes the Single Transferable Vote, the Electoral Commissioner shall break the tie as follows: (1) by the number of first place votes gained by the candidates, (2) by the number of overall second place votes gained by the candidates, (3) by the number of overall third place votes gained by the candidates, (4) by utilizing a coin flip, supervised by the Justices wherein a candidate, determined by the Justices, makes a "call" on what side the coin will land on and the winning "side" represents the victor in the election.

  • Sub-section IV - Thaecian voters have the right to not rank any number of candidates if they wish to do so.